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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
Croydon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE XII,
Particulars of Samples taken during the nine years 1900-1908 inclusive:—
| Year. | Number of Samples taken. | Number Genuine. | *Number Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Total amount of Fines and Costs imposed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| 1900 | 246 | 230 | 16 | 6.5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 1901 | 299 | 274 | 25 | 8.3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1902 | 291 | 261 | 30 | 10.4 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 1903 | 294 | 268 | 26 | 8.8 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| 1904 | 354 | 317 | 37 | 10.5 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| 1905 | 356 | 320 | 36 | 10.0 | 8 | 36 | 13 | 6 |
| 1906 | 400 | 351 | 49 | 12.3 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| 1907 | 448 | 413 | 35 | 7.8 | 13 | 86 | 8 | 0 |
| 1908 | 438 | 384 | 54 | 12.0 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 6 |
| * The term adulterated includes samples found to be not up to standard. | ||||||||