Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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STATISTICS OF ADULTERATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1912.
Nature or Sample. | Number Examined. | Number Adulterated. | Number of Prosecutions. | Percentage of Adulterations. | Percentage of Prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milk | 918 | 128 | 60 | 13.9 | 65 |
Milk (separated) | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16.7 | 83 |
Milk (skimmed) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Milk (sterilised) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Butter | 172 | 18 | l3 | 10.5 | 7.6 |
Butter (milk blended) | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Margarine | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lard | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cheese | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cocoa | 9 | 3 | ... | 33.3 | ... |
Coffee | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mustard | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pepper | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ginger (ground) | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Malt Vinegar | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Flour (self-raising) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Oatmeal | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rice | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
BeesWax | 3 | 2 | 2 | 66.6 | 66.6 |
Blaud's Pills | 4 | 2 | ... | 50.0 | ... |
Camphorated Oil | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Iron Pills | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | |
Lime Water | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Liquorice Powder | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rhubarb (powdered) | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Saffron | 5 | 3 | 3 | 60.0 | 60.0 |
Total | 1,249 | 162 | 79 | 13.0 | 6.3 |
Distiict. | |||||
Whitechapel | 361 | 41 | 21 | 114 | 58 |
St. George's | 258 | 29 | 11 | 11*2 | 43 |
Limehouse | 217 | 27 | 11 | 12-4 | 51 |
Mile End | 413 | 65 | 36 | 15-7 | 8-7 |
Total | 1,249 | 162 | 79 | 130 | 63 |