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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
Hammersmith 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Parish of Hammersmith for the year ending December 29th, 1894.
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TABLE II.
| Article. | Number of Samples Examined. | Results of Examination. | Vendors ordered to be | Amount of Penalty Inflicted. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure. | Inferior Quality. | Adulterated. | |||||||
| Cautioned | Prosecuted. | ||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Milk | 75 | 52 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| Butter | 42 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 6 |
| Lard | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cheese | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Black Tea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Green Tea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coffee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cocoa | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mustard | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pepper | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Whiskey | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |
| Rum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gin | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bread | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chocolate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Beer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curry Powders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cornflour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tincture of Rhubarb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cod Liver Oil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glycerine2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ginger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arrowroot | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Citrate of Magnesia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sherbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Italian Wine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Muscatel Wine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Claret | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sugar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Port Wine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Oatmeal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ice Cream | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Beef Extract | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lime Juice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quinine Wine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 254 | 218 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 16 | £49 | 2 | 6 |
It will thus be seen that out of the 254 samples examined
during the past year, there were 16 adulterated,
6.3 per cent.
Besides these adulterated samples there were 20 others
considered to be of inferior quality, although not