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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
Lambeth 1897
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897
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TABLE
Shewing percentages of different adulterated Samples during 1897 and in the previous ten years.
Year.
Milk.
Butter.
Coffee.
Bread and Flour.
Cocoa and
Chocolate.
Cheese and Lard.
Other Groceries.
Sundries.
Spirits.
Brandy.
Gin.
Rum.
Whisky.
Ale and Porter.
Wines.
Ærated Waters.
Drugs.
1897
10.5
7.3
3.03
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
11.1
17.7
—
25.0
l8.2
0.0
—
—
—
14.3
1896
11.06
17.7
15.1
0.0
00
—
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
—
—
0.0
0.0
1895
21.05
14.7
26.4
00
0.0
0.0
16.6
16.0
—
12.5
25.0
—
0.0
0.0
12.5
1894
27.6
22.4
30.0
—
00
0.0
5.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
—
—
_
0.0
1893
30.4
35.04
11.1
0.0
18-2
0.0
3.3
0.0
8.7
20.0
0.0
0.0
11.1
—
—
—
0.0
1892
31.3
36.4
18.4
—
66-7
0.0
2.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1891
47.8
5.0
3.8
0.0
—
—
2.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
—
0.0
0.0
—
00
0.0
1890
19.3
12.1
23.3
0.0
00
5.0
0.0
57.1
100.0
66.7
—
50.0
0.0
—
—
1889
28.1
22.2
12.9
—
0.0
3.9
0.0
—
—
—
—
—
0.0
0-0
—
1888
20.7
9.3
8.6
0.0
0.0
5.08
0.0
11.1
—
0.0
33.3
0.0
0.0
00
—
1887
14.01
12.8
8.4
0.0
—
—
5.0
0.0
—
—
—
—
—
0.0
—
—
0.0
0.0 means that all Samples were reported to be genuine and unadulterated.
— means that no Samples were taken during the year.