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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
St Saviour's (Southwark) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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PUBLIC ANALYSTS REPORT.
To the Board or Works for the St. Saviour's District.
Gentlemen,
I herewith submit to you my Annual Report for the year
ending June 24th, 1899.
During this year I have received from your Inspectors 175
samples of Food, Drink and Drugs for analysis. These consisted
of:—
No. of Samples.
Acetic Acid 1
Brandy 5
Bread 4
Butter 25
Cayenne Pepper 1
Cocoa 1
Coffee 10
Flowers of Sulphur 1
Gin 2
Golden Syrup 2
Ice Cream 1
Jam 3
Lard 1
Lemonade 1
Marmalade 1
Milk 74
Mustard 9
Pepper 10
Precipitated Sulphur 1
Rum 3
Seidlitz Powder 4
Whiskey 17
Vinegar
Total 175
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