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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
Bethnal Green 1908
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Other samples have been for special reasons submitted for
examination to the Clinical Research Association, as follows:- Beef
pieces (box beef) 1, Ice Cream 1, Lemonade 4; these were all
satisfactorily reported upon.
APPENDIX P (3) Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 1875 to 1907. Samples taken for General Information.
| Articles. | No. of Samples Purchased. | No. Reported Genuine. | No. Reported Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Bread and Butter | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Cheese | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Cocoa, Flaked | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Dripping, Beef | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Gingerbread | 4 | 4 | ... |
| „ Biscuits | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Lemonade | 4 | 4 | ... |
| Milk | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Pepper | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Pigs Kidneys | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Sausages, Beef | 1 | 1 | ... |
| „ Pork | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sugar | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 26 | 23 | 3 |
These samples are purchased quite privately and submitted to
analysis by the Public Analyst and in the case of any proving
unsatisfactory, the vendor is of course kept under observation. This
course has been approved and, indeed, suggested by the Board of
Agriculture and has been found a very useful means of obtaining
information.
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