Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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TABLE XXV.
Description of Article. | Total No. of Samples taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Inferior. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ale | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Arrowroot | 11 | 10 | 1 | ... |
Bread & Butter | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Butter | 103 | 71 | 15 | 17 |
Camphorated Oil | 13 | 6 | 7 | ... |
Cheese | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Cocoa (flake) | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Cod Liver Oil | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 |
Coffee | 16 | 15 | 1 | ... |
Cream | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Cream of Tartar | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Gin | 7 | 6 | 1 | ... |
Ginger (ground) | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
Glycerine | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
Honey | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Lard | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
Margarine | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Milk | 438 | 345 | 71 | 22 |
,, (separated) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
„ (skim) | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Mustard | 10 | 9 | 1 | ... |
Oatmeal | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Olive Oil | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
Pepper (white) | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
Rum | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
Sweets | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Tomatoes (tinned) | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
Vinegar | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Whisky | 9 | 8 | 1 | ... |
Totals | 700 | 549 | 107 | 44 |
Totals (1903) | 500 | 386 | 67 | 47 |