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| Picture No | 10699822 |
| Date | 1845 |
| Description | Food adulteration, 1845 |
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'London improvements': adulteration of food in 1845. Sand is added to sugar, milk is watered down,bone dust and plaster of paris is added to dough and Vitriol is mixed into gin.
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| Source | Illustration by Cruikshank in the Comic Almanack, 1845. |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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