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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 1924

Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924

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42
PROTECTION OF FOOD SUPPLY.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Seven hundred and fifty-three samples were taken ;
709 of these proved to be " genuine," and 44 or
5-8 per cent, adulterated.
The details are given in the following table :—

Table: SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

Article.Samples taken formally.Samples taken informally.Total Number of Samples taken.
No. taken.Genuine.Adulterated.No. taken.Genuine.Adulterated.
Milk31529718541320
Butter1231221312126
Margarine37361.........37
Lard1616............16
Cheese22............2
Cream Cheese1...1.........1
Cream853.........8
Condensed Milk77............7
Dried Milk44...11...5
Jam72693.........72
Coffee1010............10
Cocoa.........33...3
Vinegar66597.........66
Mustard44............4
Pepper55............5
Compounded Medicine1414............14
Camphorated Oil1091.........10
Olive Oil22............2
Castor Oil33............3
Eucalyptus Oil11............1
Liquorice Powder11............1
Boracic Powder11............1
Crushed Linseed33............3
Flour55............5
Bread55............5
Sponge Cake14104.........14
Mincemeat11............1
Salmon and Anchovy Paste22............2
Tinned Peas22............2
Tinned Beans1...1.........1
Sausages.........11...1
Chocolate22...22...4
Walnuts.........1...11
Totals7376974016124753