London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1913
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1913
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Substance.
Samples
taken.
Adulterated.
Substance.
Samples
taken.
Adulterated.
Milk. 360 26 Ground Ginger 20
Butter 133 5 Jam 6 0
Margarine 15 0 Dripping 1 0
Coffee 20 0 Lard 1 0
Cocoa 19 0 Cheese 1 0
Mustard 23 0
Pepper 20 o Total 601 31
The statistics for previous years are subjoined:—
Year.
Total
Examined.
Genuine.
Adulterated.
Percentage
of adulterated
samples.
Percentage of adulterated
samples for the
whole of London.
1901
501
413
88
17.56
11.4
1902
556
475
81
14.56
11.9
1903
610
524
86
14.10
10.8
1904
610
537
73
11.96
10.2
1905
620
547
73
11.77
10.2
1906
602
527
75
12.42
12.1
1907
603
551
52
8.62
10.0
1908
601
547
54
8.94
9.9
1909
600
553
47
7.83
7.8
1910
600
541
59
9.83
8.5
1911
600
549
51
8.50
9.3
1912
601
567
34
5.65
8.8
1913
601
570
31
5.1
—
Nine informal samples of butter were taken not under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. They were all genuine.