Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895
This page requires JavaScript
121
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