Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927
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TABLE III.
Examined. | Adulterated. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nature of Sample. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
Arrowroot | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Baking Powder | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Brawn | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
Custard Powder | — | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Dripping | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fruits (dried) | — | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Honey | 15 | — | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
Lard | 21 | — | 21 | 0 | — | 0 |
Meats & Fish (potted) | 12 | — | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
Meats (other) | 7 | — | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
Olive Oil | 10 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
Pepper | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Rice | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sausages | 20 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 2 |
„ preserved | 4 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
„ breakfast | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | —_ | 0 |
„ luncheon | 6 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
Sponge Cake | — | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
Total | 110 | 72 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Milk.
Of the 697 formal samples (including one of skimmed milk)
37 or 5.3 per cent were certified as adulterated. Twenty-eight
samples were reported against as being deficient in milk fat, 6 as
containing extraneous water, and 3 as containing colouring matter.
The greatest deficiency in milk fat amounted to 22 per cent., and
the highest percentage of extraneous water was 12.5 per cent.
In the 5 years 1922-26 and in 1927, the percentage of adulterated formal) samples of milk was as under:—
Year. | Samples taken. | Adulterated. | |
---|---|---|---|
No. | Percentage. | ||
1922 | 726 | 36 | 4.9 |
1923 | 702 | 43 | 6.1 |
1924 | 721 | 25 | 3.4 |
1925 | 808 | 40 | 4.9 |
1926 | 738 | 32 | 4.3 |
Mean | 739 | 35 | 4.7 |
1927 | 696 | 37 | 5.3 |