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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
Wandsworth 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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Report—Public Analyst.
The following are the classified lists indicating the nature and
amounts of the various impurities detected.
I.—Dairy Products.
| Butter | 85 per cent, of Margarine. |
| Butter | 75 ,, ,, |
| Milk | 36 per cent. of added water. |
| Milk | 16 „ „ |
| Milk | 15 „ ,, |
| Milk | 14 „ ,, |
| Milk | 14 „ ,, |
| Milk | 13 „ ,, |
| Milk | 11 „ ,, |
| Milk | 10 „ ,, |
| Milk | 10 „ ,, |
| Milk | 8 ,, ,, |
| Milk | 7 ,, „ |
| Milk | 5 ,, ,, |
| Milk | 5 ,, ,, |
| Milk | |
| Milk | 40 per cent. of cream abstracted. |
| Milk | 34 ,, ,, ,, |
| Milk | 25 ,, ,, ,, |
| Milk | 25 ,, ,, ,, |
| Milk | 2.0 per cent of added sugar. |
The above Table shows definite adulteration of dairy products
amounting to nearly 10*44 per cent, of the whole number of such
samples examined, as against 13*7 percent, in 1893. This decided
improvement is, however, counterbalanced by the fact that while
last year the average amount of dilution practised on milk was 10
per cent., it has increased this year to 15. On the other hand,
the selling of margarine for butter has decreased from 11 per cent,
in 1893, to 2*5 per cent, in 1894,