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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 1895

Report on vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1895...

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Table: TABLE Shewing per-centages of different adulterated Samples during 1895, and in the previous ten years.

TABLE Shewing per-centages of different adulterated Samples during 1895, and in the previous ten years.

Y ear.Milk.Butter.Coffee.Bread and Flour.Cocoa and Chocolate.Cheese and Lard.Other Groceries.Sundries.Spirits.Brandy.Gin.Rum.Whiskey.Ale and Porter.Wines.Aerated Waters.Drugs.
189521.0514.726.4—0.00.00.016.616.0—12.525.0——0.00.012.5
189427.622.430.0—0.00.05.30.00.00.00.00.00.0———0.0
189330.435.0411.10.018.20.03.30.08.720.00.00.011.1———0.0
189231.336.418.4—66.70.02.10.00.00.00.00.0—0.0——0.0
189147.85.03.80.0——2.60.00.00.00.0—0.00.0—0.00.0
189019.312.123.30.00.0—5.00.057.1100.066.70.050.00.0———
188928.122.212.9——0.03.90.0—————0.0—0.0—
188820.79.38.60.0—0.05.080.011.1—0.033.30.00.0—0.0—
188714.0112.88.40.0——5.00.0—————0.0——0.0
18866.212.012.90.0——8.80.00.0—0.00.00.00.0—0.0—
188518.323.920.00.0——0.00.011.60025.025.00.0————
0.0 means that all Samples were reported to be genuine and unadulterated. — means that no Samples were taken during the year.