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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) 1896
Annual report on the statistics and sanitary condition relating to Strand District, London for the year 1896
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TABLE VI.
| Description. | No. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 18 | One sample, No. 141 was deficient in fat to the extent of 7 per cent. at least. |
| No. 162 contained at least 4 per cent. extraneous water. | ||
| No. 197 „ „ 5 „ „ | ||
| No. 202 ,, „ 20 „ „ | ||
| Three samples, Nos. 194, 196 and 198 contained excessive quantities of fat, viz.:— | ||
| 7.88, 7.38 and 7.51 respectively. They were otherwise of very inferior quality. | ||
| One sample (163), was of inferior quality. | ||
| One sample, otherwise unobjectionable, contained boracic acid. | ||
| Bread | 7 | None adulterated. |
| Flour | 5 | „ „ |
| Coffee | 2 | „ „ |
| Mustard | 7 | „ „ |
| Pepper | 6 | „ „ |
| Vinegar | 10 | „ „ |
| Tinned Peas | 6 | Two samples contained traces of copper, but the amount was far below that which could be considered as poisonous. |
| Gin | 5 | The samples had the following alcoholic strengths:— |
| No. 140 was 35.9 under proof. | ||
| „ 141 „ 34.6 „ „ | ||
| „ 167 „ 34.6 „ „ | ||
| „ 170 „ 39.0 „ „ | ||
| „ 171 „ 33.2 „ „ | ||
| Nos. 140 and 170 had therefore been watered to the extent of 1.6 and 6.2 per cent, respectively. | ||
| Rum | 3 | No. 172 was 26.2 under proof. |
| ,, 195 „ 25.6 „ | ||
| „ 199 „ 25.4 „ | ||
| The samples had, therefore, been watered to the extent of 1.6, .8 and .5 per cent. | ||
| Whiskey | 1 | The sample was 17.66 under proof. |
| Honey | 2 | Not adulterated. |
| Total | 72 |