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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
St Pancras 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In addition, five informal samples have been purchased and submitted for
analysis, yiz., four of butter and one of liver. All of these were found to be
adulterated.
Many informal samples have been taken and not submitted for analysis.
The milk samples are further classified in the following table: —
| Stage of Sale. | Place. | Reason. | Number of Milk samples examined. | Result of Analysis. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | ||||
| On sale to public | In street | Periodical—Week-day ,, Early morning „ Sunday | 19 | 17 | 2 | ... |
| 88 | 80 | 8 | 4 | |||
| By request | ||||||
| ,, | hi shop | Periodical—Weekday „ Sunday | 184 | 165 | 19 | 10 |
| 27 | 20 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Consecutive | ||||||
| By request | ||||||
| On delivery | At shop | Periodical | ||||
| Consecutive | ||||||
| By request | ||||||
| ,, | At Railway Depot or Station | Periodical | 60 | 57 | 3 | 1 |
| Consecutive | ||||||
| By request | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 396 | 351 | 45 | 26 | ||
The record of the samples taken and the results of analysis are shown in the following table for the past ten years:—
| Year. | Number of samples analysed. | Number of samples adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 750 | 130 | 17.3 |
| 1905 | 750 | 96 | 12.8 |
| 1906 | 750 | 145 | 19.3 |
| 1907 | 750 | 126 | 16.8 |
| 1908 | 750 | 117 | 15.6 |
| 1909 | 750 | 95 | 12.7 |
| 1910 | 750 | 67 | 8.9 |
| 1911 | 750 | 86 | 11.4 |
| 1912 | 750 | 76 | 10.1 |
| 1913 | 750 | 76 | l0.1 |
Prosecutions were undertaken in respect of 50 of the 76 samples which
were reported during the year as being adulterated. These are set out in the
following table: —