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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
Finsbury 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS
ACTS.
Under the Bye-laws of the Borough Council, each Sanitary
Inspector acts, in his own sanitary district, as an Inspector under
the above Acts. During the year 1907 the Inspectors collected 603
samples, of which 52 (or 8.6 per cent.) were adulterated. There
were 28 prosecutions under the Acts, the aggregate amount of tines
and costs inflicted being £94 7s. 0d. In 1906, 12.4 per cent. of
the samples were found to be adulterated, and there were 33
prosecutions.
The samples collected were as follows:—
| Samples taken | Adulterated. | Samples taken. | Adulterated. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | 329 | 38 | Olive Oil | 1 | - |
| Butter | 96 | 8 | Chocolate | 1 | — |
| Camphorated Oil | 13 | 2 | Cream of Tartar | 2 | — |
| Cheese | 13 | — | Sweets | 8 | — |
| Margarine | 1 | — | Gregory Powder | 5 | — |
| Cocoa | 17 | — | Flour | 4 | — |
| Coffee | 28 | 2 | Tapioca | 6 | — |
| Demerara Sugar | 6 | 2 | Ground Ginger | 1 | — |
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | — | Malt Vinegar | 1 | — |
| Jam | 9 | — | Custard Powder | 1 | — |
| Lard | 11 | — | Quinine | 3 | — |
| Mustard | 21 | — | Cocoa Mixture | 2 | — |
| Pepper | 20 | — | Totals | 603 | 52 |
| Yellow Crystals | 3 | — |
The quarterly returns respecting all samples taken in 1907 were
as follows:—