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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

Marylebone 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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A sample of coffee was taken (undivided) and found to
be coffee and chicory ; an official sample from the same shop
was found to be pure coffee. This, added to the evidence
of the former report, conclusively proves to the writer that
a large number of vendors " spot" an inspector or his
agent, and supply a different article to that they sell to the
general public.