London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Articles analysed. | No. of Samples. | Percentage of Adulteration. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Pound adulterated or not up to standard. | ||||||||
| 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | Average for five years. | 1915. | |||
| Milk & Cream | 949 | 83 | 7.44 | 11.10 | 13.63 | 11.55 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| Butter | 635 | 65 | 723 | 16.40 | 25.4 | 12.67 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 10.2 |
| Cheese | 1 | ... | 80.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.1 | ... |
| Margarine | 11 | ... | ... | 20.0 | ... | ... | ... | 4.0 | ... |
| Lard | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bread | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Flour | 6 | ... | ... | 50.0 | ... | ... | ... | 10.0 | ... |
| Tea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Coffee | 26 | ... | 9.0 | 10.0 | ... | ... | 12.5 | 3.8 | ... |
| Cocoa | 6 | ... | 8.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.7 | ... |
| Sugar | 24 | ... | ... | 10.0 | 15.3 | ... | ... | 5.0 | ... |
| Mustard | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.0 | ... | ... | 5.0 | ... |
| Confectionery | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 154 | ... | ... |
| Pepper | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Wine, Beer | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| and Spirits Drugs* | 66 | 5 | ... | 10.0 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 13.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| Other articles* | 83 | 6 | 30.0 | 25.9 | 36.7 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 24.9 | 7.1 |
| All Articles | 1,849 | 159 | 9.05 | I3.2 | I 8.0 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 8.6 |
* Details of these will be found in the Report of the Public Analyst at the end of this Report.