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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

Stoke Newington 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Table showing the results of Analyses of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1903in England and Wales:—

Table showing the results of Analyses of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1903in England and Wales:—

Percentage Adulterated.
1903.1902.
Milk10.411.6
Butter5.56.5
Cheese1.41.9
Margarine3.57.7
Lard0.81.6
Bread—0.4
Flour0.61.4
Tea—.—
Coffee6.47.3
Cocoa15.313.3
Sugar8.18.2
Mustard4.85.1
Confectionery and Jam4.12.8
Pepper2.91.8
Wine17.826.5
Beer2.33.5
Spirits11.812.3
Drugs9.69.5
Other Articles6.07.2
All Articles7.98.7