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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
Islington 1897
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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181 samples were bought on Sundays, and of these 19, or 10.5 per
cent., were adulterated.
Of the 176 samples taken at the Railway Stations upon the arrival of the milk from the country only 5 samples, or 2.8 per cent., were found to be adulterated.
| 1897. | No. of Samples Taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Sundays. | Week-days. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Week-days. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Week-days. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Week-days. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. |
| 1st Qtr. | 45 | 56 | 85 | 186 | 41 | 52 | 82 | 175 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 5.9 |
| 2nd „ | 52 | 28 | 30 | 110 | 49 | 22 | 30 | 101 | 3 | 6 | .. | 9 | 5.8 | 21.4 | .. | 8.2 |
| 3rd „ | 36 | 45 | 1 | 82 | 30 | 36 | .. | 66 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 100.0* | 19.5 |
| 4th „ | 48 | 27 | 60 | 135 | 42 | 21 | 59 | 122 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12.5 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
| The Year | 181 | 156 | 176 | 513 | 162 | 131 | 171 | 464 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 49 | 10.5 | 16.0 | 2.8 | 9.5 |
* Only one sample was procured for the purpose of catching a fraudulent farmer.
Butter.—75 samples were procured, of which 11, or 14.7 per cent.,
were margarine.