Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893
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TABLE VII.—SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT,
1875-1879.
Samples Analysed during the year 1893.
Genuine. | Adulterated. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Dairy Produce: | |||
Butter | 101 | 105 | |
Margarine | 1 | — | 1 |
Milk | 181 | 24 | 205 |
Condensed Milk | 11 | — | 11 |
Evaporated Cream | 1 | — | 1 |
Cheese | 1 | — | 1 |
Condiments: | |||
Mustard | 21 | — | 21 |
Currie powder | 2 | — | 2 23 |
Pepper | 23 | — | |
Ketchup | 2 | — | 2 |
Sauce | 2 | — | 2 |
Chutney | 1 | — | 1 |
Beverages: | |||
Cocoa | 6 | — | 6 |
Chocolate | 2 | — | 2 |
Coffee | 29 | — | 29 |
Coffee and Chicory | 1 | — | 1 |
Tea | 17 | — | 17 |
Sweetmeats: | 47 | ||
Sweets | 47 | — | |
Ice Cream | 2 | — | 2 |
Jam | 8 | — | 8 |
Jelly | 2 | — | 2 |
Marmalade | 2 | — | 2 |
Honey | 2 | — | 2 |
Canned Goods: | |||
Ham and Tongue Paste | 1 | — | 1 |
Bloater Paste | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Tinned Fruit | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spirits: | |||
Brandy | 10 | — | 10 |
Gin | 24 | — | 24 |
Rum | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Whisky | 17 | 1 | 18 |
Drugs: | |||
Sulphate of Quinine | 6 | — | 6 |
Citrate of Magnesia | 1 | — | 1 |
Seidlitz Powder | 1 | — | 1 |
Magnesia | 1 | — | 1 |
Miscellaneous: | |||
Vinegar | 7 | — | 7 |
Soda Water | 3 | — | 3 |
Lard | 8 | — | 8 |
Linseed Meal | 4 | — | 4 |
Flour | 1 | — | 1 |
Pea Flour | 1 | — | 1 |
Total | 562 | 33 | 595 |