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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The milk samples are further classified in the following table :—
| Stage of Sale. | Place. | Reason. | Number of Milk samples examined. | Result of Analysis. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||||
| On sale to public | In street | Periodical—Week-day | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| ,, Sunday | 54 | 52 | 6 | 1 | ||
| In shop | By request | - | — | — | — | |
| Periodical—Week-day | 177 | 161 | 16 | 9 | ||
| „ Sunday | 47 | 41 | 6 | 2 | ||
| By request | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| On delivery | At Railway Depot or Station | Periodical | 62 | 54 | 8 | 6 |
| By request | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 378 | 332 | 46 | 23 | ||
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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10.1 |
| 1914 | 755 | 57 | 7.5 |
| 1915 | 756 | 72 | 9.5 |
Prosecutions were undertaken in respect of 34 of the 72 samples which
were reported during the year as being adulterated. Two prosecutions were
also undertaken for other contraventions of the Food and Drugs Acts. These
are set out in the following table:—