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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Food and Food Premises. 73
TABLE XXXIX.
RESULT OF ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, DURING 1926, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE ADULTERATED COMPARED WITH 1922, 1923, 1921, AND 1925.
| Percentage of Samples adulterated, 1922-1925. | No. of samples, 1926. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | Examined. | Found adulterated or not up to standard | Percentage adulterated | |
| Bread | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Butter | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 466 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Cocoa | — | 4.3 | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| Coffee | 2.2 | — | — | 5.4 | 24 | — | — |
| Confectionery and Jam | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — |
| Cream and Preserved | 13.3 | 18.5 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 30 | - | - |
| Cream Self-raising Flour | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — |
| Margarine | 6.2 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — |
| Milk | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 936 | 19 | 2.0 |
| Separated Milk | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Condensed Milk | — | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | 110 |
| Dried Milk | — | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mustard | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | 16.6 |
| Sugar | — | 3.4 | — | — | 12 | — | — |
| Tea | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | |
| Vinegar | 7.1 | 42.8 | — | 4.1 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 |
| Drugs | 20.1 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 4.5 | 65 | 3 | 4.6 |
| Other Articles | 12.4 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 342 | 68 | 19.8 |
| All Articles | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.55 | 3.2 | 2000 | 107 | 5.3 |