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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report—Public Analyst.
These included :—
Coffee | 52 | samples |
---|---|---|
Pepper | 12 | |
Cocoa | 8 | |
Mustard | 6 | |
Ground Rice | 3 | |
Tapioca | 3 | |
Vinegar | 2 | |
Sago | 2 | |
Cornflour | 1 | ,, |
Preserved Green Peas | 1 | ,, |
Arrowroot | 1 | |
Pea flour | 1 | ,, |
92 | samples |
All the above were found to be genuine with the exception of the following eight samples of Coffee:—
Coffee, Case No. | 167 | 60 per cent. Chicory | |
---|---|---|---|
Coffee „ | 345 | 18 | ,, |
Coffee „ | 364 | 48 | |
Coffee „ | 406 | 75 | |
Coffee „ | 448 | 70 | |
Coffee ,, | 596 | 63 | ,, |
Coffee „ | 637 | 60 | |
Coffee ,, | 744 | 75 |
In this class the percentage of impurity has advanced from 77 in
1904 to 8'69 in 1905.
Under this head were included:—
Licorice Powder | 3 | samples |
---|---|---|
Camphorated Oil | 3 | |
Olive Oil | 1 | ,, |
Effervescing Citrate of Magnesia | 1 | |
Iron Pills | 1 | ,, |
Linseed Meal | 1 | |
10 | samples |