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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
Hampstead 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Yard paving renewed 3
Dustbins provided 4
Other defects remedied 5
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
The number of samples taken for analysis under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts during the year was 506, and the number certified by
the Public Analyst to be adulterated was 19, or 3.7 per cent. of the total
number. The corresponding percentage in 1912 was 2.3; in 1911, 2.9.
In addition, 13 samples were certified to be of low quality.
422 samples were purchased from Hampstead tradesmen, and 84
from persons residing without, but trading within, the Borough. The
percentage of adulterated samples in these two classes were 2.1 and 11.9
respectively.
Five samples were taken on Hampstead Heath on Bank Holidays,
and of these, 2, or 40.0 per cent., were adulterated.
37 samples were taken on Sundays, none of these were adulterated
but 2 were of poor quality
The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year, and the number found to be adulterated or of low quality:-
| Articles. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Low Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | 126 | 3 | - |
| Cheese | 14 | - | - |
| Cocoa | 23 | - | — |
| Coffee | 23 | - | — |
| Cream | 11 | 3 | — |
| Jam, Raspberry | 3 | — | — |
| Lard | 29 | — | — |
| Margarine | 5 | — | - |
| Milk | 256 | 13 | 13 |
| Mince meat | 3 | — | - |
| Rice | 2 | — | - |
| Salmon & Shrimp paste | 3 | — | - |
| Spinach (tinned) | 1 | — | - |
| Tea | 2 | - | - |
| Vinegar | 5 | — | - |
| Totals | 506 | 19 | 13 |