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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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Shewing percentage of different adulterated Samples during 1900 and in the previous ten years.
| Year. | Milk. | Butter. | Coffee. | Bread and Flour. | Cocoa and Chocolate. | Cheese and Lard. | Other Groceries. | Sundries. | Spirits. | Brandy. | Gin. | Rum. | Whisky. | Ale and Porter. | Wines. | Ærated Waters. | Drugs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 17.8 | — | — | 0.0 | 3.5 | 00 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1899 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 6.9 | — | — | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 33.3 | — | 00 | 20.0 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1898 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 10.3 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | — | 0.0 | 500 | 5.9 | — | — | — | 18.8 |
| 1897 | 10.5 | 7.3 | 3.03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 11.1 | 17.7 | — | 25.0 | 18.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 14.3 |
| 1896 | 11.06 | 17.7 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| 1895 | 21.05 | 14.7 | 26.4 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 16.0 | — | 12.5 | 25.0 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| 1894 | 27.6 | 22.4 | 30.0 | — | 0.0 | 00 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1893 | 30.4 | 35.04 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1892 | 31.3 | 36.4 | 18.4 | — | 66.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1891 | 47.8 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | — | — | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1890 | 19.3 | 12.1 | 23.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 5.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 100.0 | 66.7 | — | 50.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
93
0.0 means that all Samples were reported to be genuine and unadulterated.
— means that no Samples were taken during the year.