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 Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Samples procured, together with the results of Analyses during the year 1900.
Samples. | Number Procured. | Number Adulterated. |
---|---|---|
Milk | 239 | 34 |
Butter | 209 | 23 |
Coffee | 73 | 13 |
Mustard | 5 | — |
Pepper | 19 | — |
Whisky | 5 | — |
Beer | 12 | — |
Treacle | 2 | — |
Jam | 4 | — |
Lard | 9 | — |
Cream of Tartar | 2 | — |
Margarine (not labelled) | 7 | 2 |
Sago | 5 | 1 |
Linseed | 4 | — |
Tartaric Acid | 1 | — |
Milk of Sulphur | 2 | — |
Gregory's Powder | 1 | — |
Tea | 4 | — |
Sweetmeats | 4 | — |
Totals | 603 | 73 |
N.B.—The samples of Beer, Jam, Treacle and Sweetmeats
were carefully analysed for arsenic, but in no single
instance was arsenic found.