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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

Battersea 1923

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923

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Table: Other Articles.

Other Articles.

Examined.Adulterated.
Nature of Sample.Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Arrowroot—44—00
Cake (Madeira)—1010—99
Coffee9—90—0
Honey4—40—0
Lard11—110—0
Rice—88—00
Sausages4—40—0
Sausage (Breakfast)1—10—0
Sponge Cake—22—00
Sponge fingers—22—00
Total292655099

Table: Of the 182 samples of milk submitted, 15, or 8.2 per cent. were reported against, as under:—

Of the 182 samples of milk submitted, 15, or 8.2 per cent. were reported against, as under:—

Case No.Nature of Report.Case No.Nature of Report.
94% milk fat deficient.1312% milk fat deficient.
2615% extraneous water.13510% milk fat deficient.
2714% extraneous water.1799% extraneous water.
2814% extraneous water.18510½% extraneous water.
2914% extraneous water.20925% milk fat deficient.
712½% extraneous water.2113% milk fat deficient.
7826% milk fat deficient.2142% milk fat deficient.
120Coloured with Annatto.

Table: The average composition, in regard to milk fat and solids-not-fat, of the 167 samples of milk submitted during the quarter and reported as genuine was as follows:-

The average composition, in regard to milk fat and solids-not-fat, of the 167 samples of milk submitted during the quarter and reported as genuine was as follows:-

Case No.Nature of Sample. .Nature of Report.
243Cream of Tartar4 parts per million excess Arsenic
244,, ,,21.5% Maize Starch
245,, ,,8.0% Bicarbonate of Soda