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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XXXVIII.
RESULT OF ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, DURING 1927, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE ADULTERATED COMPARED WITH 1923,
1924, 1925, AND 1926.
| Percentage of Samples adulterated, 1923-1926. | No. of samples, 1927. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | Examined. | Found adulterated or not up to standard | Percentage adulterated | |
| Bread | -- | - | 6 | - | |||
| Butter | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 297 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Cheese | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - |
| Cocoa | 4.3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Coffee | - | -- | 5.4 | - | 15 | - | - |
| Confectionery and Jam | - | - | - | 4 | - | ||
| Cream and Preserved Cream | 18.5 | 13.6 | 6.0 | - | 64 | 16 | 25.0 |
| Self-raising Flour | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | |
| Margarine | - | 66 | - | - | |||
| Milk | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 922 | 22 | 2.3 |
| Separated Milk | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Condensed Milk | - | - | - | 110 | 12 | - | - |
| Dried Milk | 6-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mustard | - | - | - | 16.6 | 9 | - | - |
| Sugar | 3.4 | - | - | - | 20 | 1 | 5.0 |
| Tea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vinegar | 42.8 | -- | 4.1 | 40.0 | 12 | - | - |
| Drugs | 13.0 | 14.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 37 | 2 | 5.4 |
| Other Articles | 11.6 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 19.8 | 355 | 13 | 3.6 |
| 5.5 | 4.55 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 1846 | 58 | 3.1 | |