London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Table showing the results of Analysis of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1907 in England and Wales:—
| Percentage Adulterated. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1907. | 1906. | |
| Milk | 10.5 | 12.5 |
| Butter | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| Cheese | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| Margarine | 4.2 | 6.3 |
| Lard | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Bread | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Flour | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Tea | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Coffee | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Cocoa | 5.0 | 7.6 |
| Sugar | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Mustard | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Confectionery and Jam | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| Popper | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Wine | 10.4 | 6.9 |
| Beer | 5.8 | 2.0 |
| Spirits | 9.3 | 10.6 |
| Drugs | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Other Articles | 9.0 | 8.9 |
| All Articles | 8.1 | 9.3 |
E