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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
Mile End 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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224 20 JANUARY, 1892.
Butter
96c
Genuine.
| „ | 97 | „ |
| Coffee | 98 | „ |
| „ | 99 | „ |
| Pepper | 100 | „ |
| Milk | 101 | „ |
| „ | 102 | „ |
| Gin | 103 | 1s 16°4 under proof. |
| Coffee | 104 | Genuine. |
| Pepper | 105 | Is admixed with about 20 per cent of foreign starch, consisting mainly of rice, with a small proportion of arrowroot. |
| Coffee | 106 | Genuine. |
| Milk | 83l | „ |
| „ | 84 | „ |
| „ | 85 | „ |
| „ | 86 | „ |
| „ | 87 | „ |
| „ | 88 | „ |
| Butter | 89 | „ |
| Coffee | 90 | „ |
| Butter | 9i | „ |
| Coffee | 92 | „ |
| Butter | 93 | Is very inferior butter. |
| Coffee | 94 | Genuine. |
| Butter | 95 | „ |
| Coffee | 96 | „ |
| Butter | 97 | „ |
| Coffee | 98 | Is admixed with about 75 per cent of chicory. |
| Butter | 99 | Is admixed with about 35 per cent. of foreign fat (margarine). |
| Coffee | 100 | Is admixed with about 70 per cent. of chicory. |
| Bread | IOI | Genuine. |
| Flour | 102 | „ |
| Bread | 103 | „ |
| Flour | 10.1 | „ |
Total number of samples analysed during the quarter
—44.
(Signed) R. H. HARLAND,
F.I.c.; F.C.S.
Public Analyst.
That from the Reports of your Inspectors under the
Adulteration Acts it appears—
(a) That the samples were purchased as follows: