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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V.-
| Article submitted for Analysis. (178) | No. of Genuine Samples (170) | No. of Adulterated Samples (8) | Remarks as to Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | 62 | 4 | (1) Contained 6% less than the legal limit for fat. Summons dismissed on warranty. |
| (2) 3½% of added water. Vendor cautioned. (3) 3% deficiency in fat. Vendor cautioned. | |||
| (4) 15% deficiency in fat. Case dismissed under the Probation of Offenders' Act upon payment of 12s. 6d. costs. | |||
| Milk (Dried)) | 1 | - | |
| Milk (Tinned) | 2 | - | |
| Minced Beef | 1 | - | |
| Olive Oil | 1 | - | |
| Pork Pie | 1 | - | |
| Pork Sausage | 1 | - | |
| Porter | 1 | - | |
| Powdered Borax | 1 | - | |
| Rum | - | 1 | 40% below proof. Dilution declared. |
| Rum and Coffee | 1 | - | |
| Salmon and | 3 | - | |
| Shrimp Paste | |||
| Seidlitz Powders | 2 | - | |
| Sponge Cake | 1 | - | |
| Sweet Spirit of | 1 | 1 | Nitrous ether slightly deficient |
| Nitre | |||
| Sweets | 2 | - | |
| Tripe | 1 | - | |
| Vinegar | 2 | - | |
| Whisky | 4 |
Only eight of the samples purchased in the Borough in 1925
were adulterated; and, therefore, the percentage of non-genuine
samples amounted to 4 5 per cent., which is slightly above the figure
for the preceding year.
6 per cent. of the 66 Milk samples were unsatisfactory in
quality or sold contrary to the law, as against 5.7 per cent. during
the preceding year.
In London as a whole, the percentage of Milk samples reported
against was above that in Stoke Newington.