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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Table showing the results of Analyses of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1905 in England and Wales:—
| Percentage Adulterated. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1904. | 1905. | |
| Milk | 11.1 | 10 .5 |
| Butter | 5.7 | 6. 9 |
| Cheese | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Margarine | 7.1 | 4.8 |
| Lard | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Bread | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Flour | 0.6 | — |
| Tea | — | — |
| Coffee | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| Cocoa | 8.8 | 5.3 |
| Sugar | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| Mustard | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| Confectionery and Jam | 5.5 | 3.3 |
| Pepper | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| Wine | 17.5 | 11.2 |
| Beer | 7.0 | 2.5 |
| Spirits | 12.0 | 11.5 |
| Drugs | 11.3 | 9.0 |
| Other Articles | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| All Articles | 8.5 | 8.2 |
In accordance with the suggestion of the Local Government
Board, contained in their circular of the nth July, 1906, all the