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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORK-PLACES.
The usual inspections of these premises were made during the
year, and they are maintained in a fairly satisfactory condition.
There are at present 86 out-workers who work for places of
business situated within the Borough, and 328 out-workers dwelling
in Stoke Newington working for businesses outside of the
Borough.
FOOD AND DRUGS
TABLE V.
ANALYSES PERFORMED UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS DURING THE YEAR 1925.
Article submitted for Analysis. (178) | No. of Genuine Samples (170) | No. of Adulterated Samples (8) | Remarks as to Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|
Apples | 2 | - | |
Baking Powder | 2 | - | |
Beef Sausage | 3 | - | |
Beef Sausage Meat | 1 | - | |
Black Currant | 1 | - | |
Cordial | |||
Bitter Ale | 2 | - | |
Bloater Paste | 1 | - | |
Boracic Acid | 1 | - | |
Powder | |||
Butter | 21 | - | |
Castor Oil | 1 | - | |
Cheese | 2 | - | |
Chicken and Ham | 1 | - | |
Paste | |||
Cocoa | 1 | - | |
Coffee | 5 | - | |
Cream | 1 | - | |
Cream (Preserved) | 5 | - | |
Demerara Sugar | 1 | - | |
Fish Paste | 2 | - | |
Flour | 4 | - | |
Gin | 1 | 43.8 % below proof. Dilution declared. | |
Ginger Beer | 1 | - | |
Glauber Salts | 1 | - | |
Green Peas(Bottled) | 1 | - | |
Green Peas (Tinned) | - | 1 | 1 .6 grs. of sulphate ot copper. |
Ground Ginger | 1 | - | |
Jam | 4 | - | |
Lard | 1 | - | |
Liquorice Powder | 2 | - | |
Lobster Paste | 1 | - | |
Margarine | 13 | - |