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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
Wandsworth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table shows the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub-district of the Borough, together with
the number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated,
and the percentage adulterated to the formal and informal and
to the total samples taken:—
TABLE XXXIX.
| Informal Samples. | Formal Samples. | Total Number of samples taken | Number per 1,000 of population. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of samples taken. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number of samples taken. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | |||||
| Clapham | 190 | 11 | 5.8 | 172 | 9 | 5.2 | 362 | 5.8 | 20 | 5.5 |
| Putney | 94 | 7 | 7.4 | 108 | 7 | 6.4 | 202 | 6.5 | 14 | 6.8 |
| Streatham | 300 | 18 | 6.0 | 293 | 13 | 4.4 | 593 | 5.5 | 31 | 5.2 |
| Tooting | 128 | 8 | 7.0 | 121 | 7 | 5.8 | 249 | 5.9 | 15 | 6.0 |
| Wandsworth | 298 | 18 | 6.0 | 296 | 14 | 4.6 | 594 | 5.9 | 32 | 5.3 |
| Whole Borough | 1010 | 62 | 6.1 | 990 | 50 | 5.05 | 2000 | 5.8 | 112 | 5.6 |
Milk.
The following samples of milk were submitted for analysis:—
993 of whole new milk.
6 of separated milk.
15 of dried milk.
15 of condensed milk.
Of these 37 were reported against as being adulterated or
not up to Legal Standard. 13 contained extraneous water;
19 were deficient in fat; and 5 contained colouring matter.
Proceedings were taken in 22 cases, and in 15 cases the Public
Health Committee, after considering the amount of adulteration and
the circumstances of sale, decided not to prosecute the vendors, but
to take further samples.