London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1895

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895

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would afford protection to the public, and
adequate penalties upon the fraudulent trader.
Two Hundred and Sixty-six analyses were
made in 1895, exclusive of frequent examinations.
of the City's Water supply, and the
chemicals required in the manufacture of disinfectants,
viz.: Twenty-eight in the first quarter,
Fifty-one in the second quarter, Sixty-one in
the third quarter, and One Hundred and
Twenty-six in the fourth quarter.
They include 10 of arrowroot, 4 of bread, 20
of butter, 12 of coffee, 59 of drugs, 5 of (lour,
139 of milk, 12 of mustard, 4 of tea, and 1 of
well water