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Hammersmith 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1908
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Including the unofficial samples taken for information
the percentage of adulteration was 12.4 as
compared with 16.5 last year.
The percentage for the whole Metropolis as given
in the last Local Government Board report, namely
that for 1907, is 10.0
The percentage of articles of inferior quality,
where actual adulteration could not be certified, was
13.1 this year and 11.6 last year.
In Table II. will be found a statement of the number and nature of the various articles examined during the year, together with particulars of the prosecutions which were instituted.
TABLE II.
| Article | No. of Samples Examined. | Result of Examination. | Summonses heard. | Penalties Inflicted. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Inferior. | Adulterated. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Arrowroot | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bloater Paste | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bread | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Butter | 210 | 148 | 12 | 50 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 6 |
| Cheese | 68 | 67 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Chocolate | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| „ Assorted | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| „ Nut | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| „ Powder | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cocoa | 10 | 7 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| „ Mixture | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Coffee | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| „ and Chicory | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | — | - | ||
| Cornflower | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Egg Flour | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Flour, Self-raising | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| Gin | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Honey | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ice Cream | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Indian Corn, Ground | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||