Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Article. | Total Number of Samples taken. | Genuine | Adulterated or deficient. | Offences other than Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Butter | 116 | 112 | 4 | 2 |
Camphorated Oil | 9 | 5 | 4 | – |
Cheese | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Cocoa | 6 | 6 | – | – |
Coffee | 11 | 10 | 1 | – |
Extract of Malt and Cod Liver Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Glycerine | 6 | 2 | 4 | – |
Jam, Black Currant | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Jam, Raspberry | 7 | 7 | – | – |
Lard | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
Linseed, Crushed | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Margarine | 6 | 6 | – | 1 |
Milk | 478 | 430 | 48 | – |
Milk, separated | 5 | 4 | 1 | – |
Milk, sour | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Milk and water | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Mustard | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Peas, tinned | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Pepper | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Plasmon Oats | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Saffron | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Sugar, Demerara | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Tea Dust | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Vinegar | 34 | 14 | 20 | – |
Totals | 710 | 627 | 83 | 3 |