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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
Limehouse 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Limehouse District (comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff) for the year 1898
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133
Suffocation while in bed with the parents 18
Suicide 7
Violence, Accidents, &c. 14
Zymotic Diseases 5
Other causes 2
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THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS' ACT.
This number consisted of 84 milks, 34 butters, 10 coffees, 4 mustards, 5 peppers, 1 lard, 1 oatmeal, 3 flours, 2 breads, 1 gin, 1 bitter, 1 stout, 2 porters, and 3 ice-creams. Of these 63 milks, 18 butters, 7 coffees, the mustards, peppers, lard, oatmeal, flours, breads, gin, bitter, stout, porters, and ice-creams were genuine.
| Article. | Extent of Adulteration. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 13 per cent, of added water | Fined 40s., and 23s. costs. |
| Milk | 14 per cent, of added water | Fined 40s., and 23s. costs. |
| Milk | 5 per cent, of added water | Cautioned. |
| Coffee | Contained 17 per cent, of chicory | Informality of purchase. |
| Butter | Contained 75 per cent, of foreign fat | Fined 20s., and 23s. costs. |
| Butter | Contained 80 per cent, of foreign fat | Informality of purchase. |
| Milk | 5 per cent, of added water | Cautioned. |
| Milk | Adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water, and deficient in cream to the extent of 10 per cent | Cautioned. |