Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1915
Groceries.-180 samples of varous grocery articles, set out in the subjoined table, were submitted for analysis, of which 8 were adulterated, or 4-4 per cent., as contrasted with 11.5 per cent, in the preceding year:—
No. cf Samples. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated in 1914. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coffee | 28 | 2 | 7.1 | 25.0 |
Cocoa | 28 | — | — | — |
Demerara Sugar | — | — | — | — |
Pepper | 14 | — | — | — |
Mustard | 7 | — | — | I4.3 |
Golden Syrup | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | 14.3 |
Black Currant Jam | 2 | — | — | — |
Raspberry Jam | 3 | 1 | 33'3 | 9.1 |
Apricot Jam | 1 | — | — | — |
Strawberry Jam | 1 | — | — | — |
Sauces | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | — |
Malt Vinegar | 5 | 3 | 750 | — |
Bread | 7 | — | — | — |
Self-Raising Flour | 14 | — | — | — |
Flour | 17 | — | — | — |
Dripping | 14 | — | — | — |
Honey - | 7 | — | — | — |
Pickles - | 4 | — | — | — |
Chutney | 3 | — | — | — |
Condensed Milk | 7 | — | — | — |
180 | 8 | 4.4 | 11.5 |