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
Wandsworth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
259
Of the total samples the percentage in Clapham was the highest
due to the large amount of adulteration detected in milk and butter
samples.
Table CXXV. shows in detail the total number of samples
analysed during the year ; the number found adulterated or not
up to standard, and the percentage of adulteration for the year
as well as for the previous five years.
TABLE CXXV.
| Articles analysed. | No. of Samples. | Percentage of Adulteration. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Found adulter. ated or not up to standard. | ||||||||
| 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | Average for five years. | 1913. | |||
| Milk & Cream | 857 | 99 | 7.1 | 7.39 | 7.44 | 11.10 | 13.63 | 9.3 | 11.55 |
| Butter | 584 | 74 | 7.58 | 5 35 | 7.23 | 16.40 | 25.4 | 12.4 | 12.67 |
| Cheese | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 80.7 | ... | ... | l6.l | ... |
| Margarine | 23 | ... | 100 | ... | ... | 200 | ... | 60 | ... |
| Lard | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... |
| Bread | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Flour | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 500 | ... | 10.0 | ... |
| Tea | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Coffee | 24 | ... | 4.1 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | ... | 5.8 | ... |
| Cocoa | 14 | ... | 16.6 | ... | 8.3 | ... | ... | 50 | ... |
| Sugar | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.0 | 15.3 | 12.6 | ... |
| Mustard | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.0 | 5.o | ... |
| Confectionery | 12 | ... | 33.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.6 | ... |
| Pepper | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Wine, Beer and Spirits | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Drugs* | 77 | 5 | 9.1 | 12.5 | ... | 10.0 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 6.4 |
| Other articles* | 165 | 27 | 50.0 | 24.0 | 30.0 | 25.9 | 367 | 39.0 | l6.0 |
| All Articles | 1,849 | 205 | 8.76 | 6.89 | 905 | 13.2 | 18.0 | 9.20 | 11.0 |
* Details of these will be found in the Report of the Public Analyst at the end of this Report.