Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1894
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No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Remarks. |
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63 | Margarine | Exposed for sale unlabelled and in plain wrapper | 12/6 costs | |
86 | Margarine | Not labelled | Fined 5/- & 2/- „ | 5/- paid to |
92 | Milk | 9% added water | „ 10/- „ 12/6 „ | Crown |
93 | Milk | 8% „ | „ 10/-,,12/6 „ | |
101 | Milk | 10% „ | „ 1/- „ 12/6 „ | |
109 | Milk | 15% „ | „ 30/- „ 12/6 „ | |
127 | Milk | 7% „ | 12/6 „ | |
123 | Milk | 6% „ | 12/6 „ | |
115 | Margarine | Unlabelled | „ 5/- „ 12/6 „ | 5/- paid to Crown |
112 | Margarine | „ | „ 5/- „ 12/6 „ | 5/- paid to Crown |
148 | Margarine | „ | „ 20/-,,12/6 „ | 20/- paid to Crown |
149 | Margarine | Unlabelled and in plain wrapper | „ 40/- ,,14/6 „ | 40/- paid to Crown |
Samples. | No. Purchased. | No. Adulterated. |
---|---|---|
Milk | 107 | 17 |
Butter | 16 | 2 |
Coffee | 15 | 2 |
Margarine | 11 | 10 |
Cocoa | 13 | 3 |
Bread | 2 | |
Pepper | 9 | |
Mustard | 7 | |
Ginger | 1 | |
Gin | 3 | |
Whisky | 6 | |
Lard | 2 | |
Rum | 3 | |
Yeast | 1 | |
Olive Oil | 1 | |
Paregoric | 1 | |
Spirit of Nitre | 1 | |
Brandy | 1 | |
200 | 34 |