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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
St George (Southwark) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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The details of the articles bought for analysis are set out in the following table:—
| 1900. | 1899. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Samples Examined. | Certified to be | No. of Samples Examined. | Certified to be | |||
| Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | |||
| Milk | 66 | 52 | 14 | 55 | 44 | 11 |
| ,, (Separated) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| „ (Skimmed) | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| ,, (Condensed) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Butter | 34 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 4 |
| Lard | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Margarine | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| Cheese | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Bread | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Flour | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cornflour | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — |
| Coffee | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Cocoa | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | — |
| Demerara Sugar | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Golden Syrup | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ice Cream | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Pepper | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Jam | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — |
| Sago | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - |
| Whisky | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Rum | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | — |
| Gin | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | — |
| Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Calcined Magnesia | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
| Fluid Magnesia | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Gregory's Powder | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Milk of Sulphur | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 135 | 114 | 21 | 103 | 87 | 16 | |