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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 1912
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX E (1).
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875-1907.
Samples taken officially and submitted for analysis during the year.
| Article. | Total No. of Samples taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | offences other than Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | l | l | — | — |
| Arrowroot | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Baking Powder | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Butter | 152 | 141 | 11 | 9 |
| Camphorated Oil | 8 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Cheese | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cheese, Sour | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Cocoa | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Coffee | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Cream of Tartar | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Crystal Jelly Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Flcur | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jam, Plum | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jam, Raspberry | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Jelly, Table | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Jelly, Raspberry | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Lard | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Margarine | 4 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Milk | 410 | 366 | 44 | 1 |
| Milk and Water | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Milk, separated | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Mustard | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Oil of Almonds | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Pepper | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Total | 632 | 575 | 57 | 11 |
The simples of " milk and water," probably sold
as such owing to suspicion on the part of the vendor,
were found to contain 24 and 22 per cent, of added
water respectively.