Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902
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Table I.
Table I.
No. | Article. | Adulteration. | Remarks. |
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*80 S.F. | Whiskey | 27 degrees under proof | Protected by notices exhibited in Bar. |
*85 L.B. | „ | 28.73 degrees under proof | Protected by notices exhibited in Bar. |
307 S.F. | Gin | 3 degrees below standard | Cautioned. |
249 L. | Coffee | 38 per cent. of chicory | Summons dismissed. 2/-costs. |
264 L.B. | „ | 65 per cent. of Chicory | Protected by label on packet. |
210 L. | Cocoa | Added Sugar, 25 per cent., added Starch, 13 per cent. | Fined £3 12s. 6d. costs. |
•The legal standard is 25 degrees under proof.
A. Wellesley Habbis,
Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst.