London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX E (1).
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1907.
Samples taken officially and submitted for analysis during the year.
| Article | Total Number of Samples taken. | Genuine | Adulterated or deficient | Offences other than Adulter ation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowroot | l | l | _ | |
| Barley, Pearl | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Butter | 113 | 104 | 9 | 8 |
| Camphorated Oil | 6 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Cheese | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Cocoa | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Coffee | 11 | 11 | — | — |
| Cream of Tartar | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Flour, Cake | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Glycerine | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Jam, Raspberry | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Lime Water | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Macaroni | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Margarine | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Milk | 444 | 412 | 32 | 1 |
| Mustard | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Olive Oil | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Peas, preseived | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Pepper | 16 | 16 | — | — |
| Rice | 50 | 46 | 4 | — |
| Saffron | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Salts of Tartar | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tartaric Acid | 1 | — | — | |
| Vinegar | 44 | 35 | 9 | — |
| Totals | 739 | 684 | 55 | 9 |