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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 1926

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926

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60
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Seven hundred and twenty-seven samples were
taken; 704 of these proved to be "genuine," and 23,
or 3.1%, adulterated

Table: The details are given in the following table:— SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

The details are given in the following table:— SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

ArticleSamples taken formallySamples taken informallyTotal number of Samples taken
No. takenGenuineAdulteratedNo. takenGenuineAdulterated
Milk3373271033..340
Butter14414221818..162
Margarine1515..66..21
Lard1111..66..17
Dripping33..77..10
Shredded Suet1..1......1
Cream63311..7
Cream (Preserved)99........9
Condensed Milk1010..22..12
Dried Milk......33..3
Jam40391......40
Coffee1010........10
Cocoa44........4
Vinegar393811..140
Camphorated Oil752......7
Glycerine11........1
Aspirin Tablets & Powders22........2
Carbonate of Soda......11..1
Flour77..66..13
Bread......11..1
Pastries77........7
Custard Powder11........1
Moist Sugar22........2
Honey]1........1
Treacle11........1
Golden Syrup1..1......1
Salmon and Shrimp Paste11........1
Herrings in Tin......11..1
Ham and Tongue Paste11........1
Potted Meat......11..1
Apples......22..2
Fish Frying Oil44........1
Tomato Sauce......11..1
Ices Mixture1..1......1
Vermicelli......11..1
Totals6666442261601727