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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 1925
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO ADULTERATED SAMPLES—continued.
| Name of Article and Identification Number of Sample | Result of Analysis | Result of Legal Proceedings | (a) Action taken other than legal proceedings (b) Previous Convictions (if any) (c) Other Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinegar 685 | 11½ % of added water | Fined £5. Costs £2 2s. | .. |
| Milk 727 | 6% Do. | .. | (c) Summons not served. Vendors address unknown |
| Apples 2 | 1/160 grain Per lb. of arsenic | .. | (c) No action taken |
| Do. 3 | 1/325 Do. | .. | (c) Do. |
| Do. 4 | 1/300 Do. | .. | (c) Do. |
SAMPLES TAKEN INFORMALLY.
Eighteen samples were taken informally during
the year, four of which were found to be adulterated,
as follows
Sample 117.—Full Cream Condensed Milk. Found
to contain 4 per cent. less than the proper
amount of butter fat.
Sample 280.—Lemonade. This contained at the
bottom of the bottle a comparatively large
quantity of flocculent matter. The microscope
showed this to consist of the ordinary
dust and fluffy material present on the floors
of most living and manufacturing rooms. It
was mainly vegetable fibres of flax, etc.,
with a little fungus and bacteria. It would
be difficult to state the amount, but it was
certainly not a desirable or healthy contamination,
though probably accidental.