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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
Stoke Newington 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the year 1918
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TABLE V.
ANALYSES PERFORMED UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS DURING THE YEAR 191S.
| Article submitted for Analysis | No. of Genuine Samples | No. of Adulterated Samples | Remarks as to Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (175) | (158) | (17) | |
| (1) Very poor. Vendor cautioned. | |||
| Ale... | 9 | — | (2) Added water 12% Vendor fined £20 and costs. £3 3s |
| Baking Powder | 1 | — | |
| Bread | 2 | - | (3) Very poor. Vendor cautioned. |
| Butter | 4 | _ | (4) Added water 2½%. Vendor cautioned. |
| Cake Flour | 3 | — | |
| Coffee | 7 | — | (5) Deficiency in fat 27%. Vendor cautioned. |
| Cocoa | 3 | — | |
| Dough | 1 | (6) Slight deficiency in non.fatty solid matter. Vendor cautioned. | |
| Dripping | 4 | — | |
| Flour | 11 | — | (7) Slight deficiency in non.fatty solid matter. Vendor cautioned. |
| Lard | 3 | — | |
| Liequoric Powder | 1 | — | (8) Added water 4½%. Case dismissed on Warranty. |
| Lime Water | 1 | — | |
| Milk | 78 | 16 | (9) 8½ deficiency in fat (disregarding added water) Case dismissed on warranty. |
| (10) Very slight deficiency in non. fattv solid matter. | |||
| (11) Added water 3|%. Vendor cautioned. | |||
| (12) Added water 9$%. Summons withdrawn on payment of costs. | |||
| (13) Added water 12%. Vendor fined /3 and £2 2s. costs. | |||
| (14) Added water about 3J%. Vendor cautioned. | |||
| (15) Slight deficiency in non.fatty solid matter. Vendor cautioned | |||
| Milk (Separated) | 1 | — | (16) Slight deficiency in non.fatty solids 3% of added water. Ven. dor cautioned. |
| Milk (Informal Sample) | - | 1 | Contained 10% of added water. |
| Nitre, Sweet Spirit | 1 | — | |
| Oatmeal | 2 | — | |
| Paregoric | 2 | — | |
| Pepper | 5 | — | |
| Porter | 1 | — | |
| Prescription | 3 | — | |
| Quinine, Amm: Tn: | 1 | ||
| Saccharin Tablets | 1 | — | |
| Sausages & Sausage | — | ||
| meat | 11 | — | |
| Seidlitz Powders | 1 | ||
| Stout | 1 | — |