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Wandsworth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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74 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table gives the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub.district of the Borough, and shows
the number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated
and the percentage of adulteration :—
TABLE XL.
| Informal Samples. | Formal Samples. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Number per 1,000 of population. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | |
| Clapham | 176 | 10 | 5.6 | 189 | 12 | 6.3 | 365 | 5.7 | 22 | 6.0 |
| Putney | 95 | 5 | 5.2 | 93 | 7 | 7.5 | 188 | 5.9 | 12 | 6.3 |
| Balham | 130 | 6 | 4.6 | 155 | 11 | 7 0 | 285 | 5.2 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Streatham | 160 | 7 | 4.3 | 143 | 7 | 4.8 | 303 | 5.2 | 14 | 4.6 |
| Tooting | 139 | 6 | 4.3 | 100 | 6 | 6.0 | 239 | 5.9 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Wandsworth . . | 300 | 13 | 4.3 | 320 | 17 | 5.3 | 620 | 61 | 30 | 4.9 |
| Whole Borough | 1000 | 47 | 4.7 | 1000 | 60 | 60 | 2000 | 5.7 | 107 | 5.3 |
Milk.
The following samples of milk were submitted for analysis:—
936 of whole new milk.
1 of separated milk.
27 of condensed milk.
Of these, 22 were reported against as being adulterated or
not up to Legal Standard. Nine contained extraneous water,
and 13 were deficient in milk fat.
Proceedings were taken in four cases, and in 18 cases the
Public Health Committee, after considering the amount of adulteration
and the circumstances of the sale, decided not to prosecute
the vendors, but to take further samples.