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St Pancras 1897

Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department

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ADULTERATED FOOD.

Analysis.—Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Articles of Food of which Samples have been takenDivisions.Total.Remarks.
South.East.West.North.
Milk—Number taken20373421112
Adulterated71091036
Genuine1327251176
Butter—Number taken1011111042
Adulterated13116
Genuine9810936
Olive Oil—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Sulphur—Number taken22228
Adulterated22228
Genuine..........
Oatmeal—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Ginger—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Arrowroot—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Lard—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Pepper—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Cream of Tartar—Number taken22228
Adulterated1......1
Genuine12227
Coffee—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228
Mustard—Number taken22228
Adulterated..........
Genuine22228

It is convenient for reference to enumerate the articles usually sampled under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, they are:—milk, cream, and butter; coffee, tea,
pepper, and mustard; flour, bread, sugar, sweets, and jam ; lard, arrowroot, olive
oil, vinegar, lime juice, and cocoa ; ginger, oatmeal, cheese, yeast, and preserved
peas ; sulphur (milk of), cream of tartar, sweet spirit of nitre, laudanum, rhubarb,
cod liver oil, castor oil, and beeswax; wines, as sherry and port, beers, and spirits,
as gin, brandy, rum, and whiskey.