Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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The details of the articles bought for analysis are set out in the following table:—
1900. | 1899. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Samples Examined. | Certified to be | No. of Samples Examined. | Certified to be | |||
Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | |||
Milk | 66 | 52 | 14 | 55 | 44 | 11 |
,, (Separated) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
„ (Skimmed) | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
,, (Condensed) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Butter | 34 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 4 |
Lard | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
Margarine | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
Cheese | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Bread | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Flour | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Cornflour | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — |
Coffee | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Cocoa | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | — |
Demerara Sugar | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Golden Syrup | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Ice Cream | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
Pepper | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Jam | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — |
Sago | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - |
Whisky | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Rum | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | — |
Gin | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | — |
Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Calcined Magnesia | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Fluid Magnesia | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Gregory's Powder | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Milk of Sulphur | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
135 | 114 | 21 | 103 | 87 | 16 |