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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
City of London 1899
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899
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"(6) Samples to be addressed as shown at the
"bottom of the enclosed list.
"Samples of following Imported Foods in amounts
"named are desired for use of Preservatives Com"mittee,
under the circumstances and conditions already
"communicated: —
"Milk.—6 ounces.
"Cream.—3 ounces or small tin, if 'tinned.
"Cheese.—¼lb.
"Potted Meats.—¼lb.
"Ham.—¼lb. of fleshy part.
"Bacon.—¼lb. „ „
"Sausages.—¼lb. or whole sausage.
"Beer.—½pint.
"Low-class Wine.—Small bottle.
"Jams.—¼lb. or small jar.
"Also some tinned foods, &c., when desired.
"Samples to be addressed:—
"Principal Chemist,
"Government Laboratories,
"Clement's Inn Passage,
"Strand, London, W.C.
"(Preservatives Committee.)"
Your Inspectors of Food and Drugs rendered
every assistance in their power, but the work
absorbed so much of their time that I conferred