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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE X.
Showing the results of Analysis of Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the years 1911-12 in England and Wales.
| Percentage Adulterated. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1911. | |
| Milk | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| Butter | 6.0 | 5 1 |
| Cheese | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Margarine | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| Lard | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Bread | 0.0 | 0 .2 |
| Flour | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| Tea | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Coffee | 4 .8 | 5.7 |
| Cocoa | 3.4 | 5.9 |
| Sugar | 6 .1 | 4.0 |
| Mustard | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Confectionery and Jam | 5.5 | 3 .0 |
| Pepper | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Wine | 10.6 | 4.5 |
| Beer | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Spirits | 9.6 | 10.4 |
| Drugs | 9.0 | 8.5 |
| Other Articles | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| All Articles | 8.4 | 8.7 |