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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
Strand (Westminster) 1893
Thirty-eighth annual report on the sanitary condition of the Strand District, London
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TABLE VI.
Samples Analysed during The Quarter ending 31st March, 1894.
| Description. | No. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 16 | Four samples contained extraneous water, one at least 8 per cent. and the others 4 per cent. |
| Two samples containing 8 per cent. and 5 per cent. of added water had been deprived of not less than 14 per cent. and 30 per cent. respectively of their fat. | ||
| One sample had been deprived of at least 10 per cent. of its fat. | ||
| Three samples were of inferior quality, two of which contained boracic acid. | ||
| Two samples were abnormal. They contained respectively 964 and 7.20 per cent. of fat, and probably contained not less than 7 per cent. and 6 per cent. of extraneous water. | ||
| Butter | 22 | Two samples each contained 90 per cent. of margarine, and one of them boracic acid also. Ten other samples contained boracic acid |
| Brandy | 1 | None adulterated. |
| Whiskey | 4 | ” ” |
| Gin | 5 | One sample was 35.25 under proof, being just below the limit fixed by the "Act" for gin, viz. 35.0 under proof. |
| Cod liver Oil | 6 | None adulterated. |
| Lard | 2 | ” ” |
| Sweets | 6 | ” ” |
| Pepper | 4 | ” ” |
| Bread | 3 | ” ” |
| Total | 69 |