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 1894
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TABLE VIII.—Sale of Food and Drugs Act .—Samples analysed during the Year 1894.
Genuine. | Adulterated. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Dairy Produce: | |||
Milk | 193 | 15 | 208 |
Butter | 99 | 1 | 100 |
Condensed Milk | 4 | — | 4 |
Condiments: | |||
Mustard | 22 | — | 22 |
Vinegar | 11 | — | 11 |
Pepper | 19 | — | 19 |
Beverages: | |||
Cocoa | 1 | — | 1 |
Coffee & Chicory | 2 | — | 2 |
Coffee | 27 | — | 27 |
Tea | 15 | — | 15 |
Spirits: | |||
Brandy | 12 | 1 | 13 |
Gin | 23 | 1 | 24 |
Rum | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Whisky | 27 | 1 | 28 |
Port Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
Sherry . | 1 | — | 1 |
Sweetmeats: | |||
Jam | 11 | — | 11 |
Sweets | 14 | — | 14 |
Marmalade | 3 | — | 3 |
Drugs : | |||
Magnesium Citrate | 1 | — | 1 |
Liquorice Powder | 1 | — | 1 |
Quinine. | 4 | — | 4 |
Sulphur Tablets | — | 1 | |
Canned Goods. | 11 | — | 11 |
Farinaceous Poods : | |||
Corn Flour | 2 | — | 2 |
Oatmeal | 3 | — | 3 |
Miscellaneous, viz.: . | |||
Currie, Capers, Pea Flour, Lucca Oil, Sauce, Lard, Pickles,Baking Powder, Limejuice, Herrings, and others | 33 | — | 33 |
Total | 549 | 21 | 570 |