[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. TABLE XXXVIII.^—Food and Drugs Samples purchased in pursuance of the Sale of Food and Drugs /lets, also the number found to he jVdulterated^ during IQlo and the preceding nine years ' 1904 ' 1905 1906 1907 1908 ' 1 1909 1910 1911 15 )12 1 1913 ARTICLES PURCHASED FOR ANALYSIS. tn W i-r Plh c t/5 i-l < fri O 0 w H w H i-I P P <3 d 1 w w 1 p p ' <3 m H O JH 0 w p <3 « W P P P P <3 d w W P P S <3 cfl P <3 1 ^ o : H P w p <3 « W P P P P <3 d m W P P S <3 t/5 P . <3 i P 1 P p 1 M ! p P p P d m W P P s <3 t/3 P <3 P O P P w p w H P P P <3 d m W P P S < w P <3 P O P P w p w p p p p <3 d w W P P S < w p <3 P O 'p : W P « P P P <3 d w p p Pi <3 tfi P <3 P O p w ^ p < p w p, p P p <3 d m W P p 53 <3 tn P <3 P O P P P < « w p p P p <3 d tn W P P s <3 ; tn >-> o H P w p w p p p p <3 d 'A % p; j P 23 2; Milk. 444 42 418 36 i 1412 31 1 468 40 512 42 432 48 475 41 401 26 326 29 421 36 Butter Milk ... 1 1 Butter 74 17 70 4 73 • • * 134 4 118 4 126 92 3 : 46 2 92 4 85 2 Margarine ... 11 . . . 7 j 2 . . . 1 1 1 • > . 1! ... 1 1 5 Cream » 1 2 1 [ Cheese 18 5| 10 2 7 • > • 17 22 23 19 1 19 ... 2] 18 Margarine Cheese ... Lard 1 ! 2 . •.! 13 < • > 44 ... 42 28 29 37 ' 17 1 16 20 Bread and Butter ... 1 Teacake and Butter 2 p 3 ... 1 , Flour 1 1 Whisky 50 12 62 13 60 10 44 2 19 3 20 48 7 21 1 28 4 29 Gin . . . * * *1 8 . . . 45 2 33 • . . 5 2 8 1 26 7 17 2 23 3 ^ 22 1 Brandy Rum 1 4 1 3 2 2 1 • * • •. . 1 6 2 42 1 36 2 11 3 14 2 45 10 18 26 2 24 1 Honev ... 1 Tea 1 Coffee 2 ll 1 2 Vinegar 3 3 3 20 13 1 Pepper 10 ... 7 4 3 10 27 40 1 19 2 42 4 17 ; Mustard . 1 5 2 Ground Ginger 8 10 3 . . . 1 4 11 ~2 3 i Rice 4 ' Paregoric ... 1 1 1 Paregoric Substitute 1 1 Laudanum ... 5 Laudanum S’bstit’te 1 Com. Liq. Powder... 10 1 3 11 1 29 1 ... 31 t 13 30 2 14 2 18 20 1 Sweet Spirit of Nitre 39 10 37 6 10 1 31 5 23 li 28 2 16 1 14 5 16 4 16 4 I'riars Balsam ... 3 1 Camphorated Oil ... 22 2: 41 3 10 30 1 26 11 321 31 12 27 14 j Arrowroot ... 1 ! 1 1 1 1 ' OHve Oil ... 1 - 1 ...1 1 1 Tincture of Iodine... ...1 2 ! Saffron ...i 1 1 ( ' 1 i 1 j j Totals. 699 91 696 66 723 46 1 875 59 817 56 784| 67 863 72 614 41 654 52 699 45 1 Perc’nt’ge of S’mpl’s ' Adulterated 130 9-5 6-4 6-7 - ,1 6-9 8-5 8-3 6-7 8-0 6-4 Percentage of ditto j for all England ... 8 5 8'2 9-3 8-1 8-5 7-5 8-2 8-7 8-4 1 The figures given above do not correspond with those given in the reports of the Local Government Board, because the samples certified by the City Analyst to be below the standard, but not certified to be adulterated, are not included in the columns “ No. Adulterated.”