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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 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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284 18 JANUARY, 1893.

Table: 18 January 1893.

18 January 1893.

Milk243Genuine.
„244„
Mustard245„
Coffee246„
Mustard247„
Pepper248„
Butter249„
„250„
Mustard251„
Pepper252„
Butter253„
„254Is very inferior butter.
Coffee255Genuine.
„256„
Milk257Contains about 40 per cent. less than the usual proportion of cream, in other words about 40 per cent. of the cream has been abstracted.
Coffee258Genuine.
Pepper259„
Coffee260„
„261„
Milk262„
„263„
„264„
„265„
„266Is admixed with about 15 per cent. of added water.
„267Genuine.
Butter268„
„269„
Butter270Is admixed with about 95 per cent. of foreign fat (margarine).
„271Genuine.
Coffee272„
„273„
Gin274Is 39.8 underproof, 4.8 below the limit allowed by the Sale of Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1879.
„275Is 31.5 underproof, Genuine.
„276„ 35.0 „ „
Whisky277„ 25.0 „ „
„278„ 23.0 „ „
„279„ 24.0 „ „
Milk280Genuine.
„281„