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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
Lambeth 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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TABLE VI.
FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1872.
Samples procured by the Inspectors, together with the results of Analysis, &c.
| Bread. | Flour. | Milk. | Tea. | Coffee. | Sugar. | Butter. | Tapioca. | Mustard. | Pepper. | Pickles. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cocoa. | Confectionery. | Arrowroot | Lard. | Port Wine. | Sherry Wine. | Porter. | Gin. | Citrate of Magnesia | Total No. of Cases. | Various samples adulterated. | Number of Summonses issued. | |||||||
| 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 16 | 12 | |||||||