Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Third annual report 1896-7
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TABLE I.
Showing the Articles examined, and the results of Analysis.
Articles. | Number of Samples. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. |
---|---|---|---|
Milk | 93 | 89 | 4 |
Cheese | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Butter | 26 | 26 | 0 |
Lard | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pure Coffee .. | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Coffee, Essence | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Flour | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Tea | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Liquorice | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sherbert Balls | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Fry's Chocolate | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Orange Jubes | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Peppermint Fingers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Turkish Delight | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cocoa | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Black Currant Jam | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pepper | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mustard | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Condensed Milk | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Sardines | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bread | G | 6 | 0 |
Laudanum | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Raspberry Jam | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Brandy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Whisky | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Rum | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Gin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tinned Peas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Syphon Soda Water | 1 | 1 | 0 |
200 | 195 | 5 |