Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1949
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ANALYSIS OF TWELVE SAMPLES OF BREAD. SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
| Date received : | 18.10.49 | 25.10.49. | 8.11.49 | 25.11.49 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Sample | 242 | 243 | 244 | 276 | 277 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 429 | 430 | 431 |
| Moisture (per cent) | 36.59 | 42.78 | 41.95 | 44.07 | 43.28 | 42.77 | 43.82 | 43.35 | 43.17 | 44.57 | 43.65 | 43.70 |
| Salt (per cent) | 1.06 | 1.11 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.88 |
| Other Mineral Matter (per cent) | 1.02 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.31 |
| Crude Fibre (per cent) | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.28 |
| Calcium (in Bread) (per cent) | 0.1381 | 0.100 | 0.096 | 0.082 | 0.110 | 0.151 | 0.136 | 0.103 | 0.091 | 0.109 | 0.087 | 0.137 |
| Equivalent to Added Chalk (in ounces per sack of Flour) | 18 | 14½ | 13 | 11½ | 15¼ | 23 | 20 | 14 | 13¼ | 15¾ | 12 | 20 |
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