Food and its adulterations : comprising the reports of the Analytical sanitary commission of "The Lancet" for the years 1851 to 1854 inclusive, revised and extended being records of the results of some thousands of original microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public ... / by Arthur Hill Hassall.

Arthur Hill Hassall

Date:: 1855

Credit: Food and its adulterations : comprising the reports of the Analytical sanitary commission of "The Lancet" for the years 1851 to 1854 inclusive, revised and extended being records of the results of some thousands of original microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public ... / by Arthur Hill Hassall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$2nd fewp/e.—Purchased in High Holborn. Unadulterated, but containing a large excess of husk. 8;y/^«w/;j/e. —Purchased in New Church-street, Portnian-market Unadulterated. 4th Sajnple. —Purchased in High-street, Marylebone. Unadulte7-ated. 5th Sample. — Purchased in Toltenham-court-road. Adulterated — with much linseed-mc.ul and lohcut-flour. Qth Sample. — Purchased in James-street, Lisson-grove. Adulterated — with mustard hush or seed. 7th Sample. — Purchased in Tottenham-court-road. Unadulterated. 8th Sample —Purchased in Drury-lane. Adulterated—with much jjea-flour. 9th Sample. —Farchased in Clare-market. Unadulterated. 10th Sample. — Purchased in Oxford-street. Adulterated — with much ivheat-floia: llth Sample. — Purchased in Kensington. Adulterated — with much linseed-meal. \2th Sample. — Purchased in Edgeware-road. Adulterated — with tnuch linseed-meal. White Peppers. ]3th Sample.—Purchased in Oxford-street Adulterated — containing a considerable quantity of (/round rice. 14th Sample.—Purchased in New Bond-street. Unadulterate d. The following samples were purchased subsequent to the Government prose- cutions and convictions: — Black Peppers. 15th Sample. — Purchased in Lower Marsh, Lambeth. Unadulterated. 16th Sample.—Purchased in New-cut, Lambeth. , UnacMterated, but dry and earthy-looking, from the great quantity of pepper- dust contained in it. nth Sample. — Pui'chasedin Westminster-road. Adultei-ated — containing a small quantity of pea-Jlour. 18th Sample. — Purchased in Lambeth Marsh. Unadulterated. .19th Samjjle. — Purchased in Westminster-bridge-road. Unadulterated. 20lh Sample.— Purchased of Henry Dolomore, Tea and Coffee Merchant, 32. Westminster-bridge-road.* Unadulterated. (Noticed in a previous Eeport as a vendor of adulterated arrow-root.') ^Ist Sample. — Purchased in Lambeth Marsh. Adulterated — containing a considerable quantity of ground rice. .22nd Sample. —Purchased in Waterloo-road. Unadulterated, but rather earthy-looking. 2drd Sample. — Purchased in New-cut, Lambeth. Unadulterated. 24th Sample. — Purchased in White-cross-street. Adulterated — with nmstard-seed. 2bth Sample. — Purchased in King-street, Snow-hill. Unadidterated. 2Gth Sample. — Purchased in Whitecross-street. Adulterated — with mustard-seed. 21th Sample. — Purchased in Snow-hill. Unadulterated. * As an act of justice we publish llin nnmps of Mr. Dolomoro .ind two others, ns the vendors otiinodul- teralcd pepper, Ucciiuse they were hi a former Report mentioned as the sellers of ftdiiBeraffrf arrow-root.$

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