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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 1915

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: APPENDIX E. (5). Summary of samples analysed in the Laboratory at the Town Hall, Bethnal Green, during 1915:—

APPENDIX E. (5). Summary of samples analysed in the Laboratory at the Town Hall, Bethnal Green, during 1915:—

Article.No. of Samples.Genuine.Adulterated or deficient in vital constituent or preservatised.Of low quality.
Almonds, Ground11——
Butter694722—
Cheese11——
Cottonseed Oil11——
Cream22——
Margarine11——
Milk71322316
Mustard11——
Pepper761—
Saffron11——
Totals155934616

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APPENDIX E. (6).
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
THE ADULTERATED MILK SUPPLY.
Notes on some recent cases.
Gentlemen,
The question of adulterated milk and of the almost
endless technical defences possible to protect the vendors
of the same has been brought before the notice of