Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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278 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Main Statement showing the result of Analyses of all Articles submitted under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during the year 1913 by the Inspector.
No. of samples examined | No. of samples fou id adulterated or not up to standard | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total. | Formal | Informal | Total. | |
Milk and Cream | 829 | 28 | 857 | 95 | 4 | 99 |
Butter | 44 | 540 | 584 | 17 | 57 | 74 |
Cheese | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Margarine | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lard | 1 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bread | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Flour (Self-raising) | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tea | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coffee | 1 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cocoa | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sugar | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mustard | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Confectionary and Jam | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pepper | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drugs | 3 | 74 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Other Articles | 22 | 143 | 165 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
900 | 949 | 1,849 | 121 | 84 | 205 |