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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

City of London 1899

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899

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Table: The establishment was served under a contract by a Dairy Company in the Islington district, and the manager of the dairy, at my request, furnished the following list of farms from which the bulk of their supply was derived, viz.: —

The establishment was served under a contract by a Dairy Company in the Islington district, and the manager of the dairy, at my request, furnished the following list of farms from which the bulk of their supply was derived, viz.: —

Place.County.Population.
KegworthDerby2,149
Findern„_ *
Kilbourne„1,427
W irks worth„3,725
Stanton-by-Bridge„116
Etwall„641
Kirk Ireton„514
Idridgehay„-*
Ashby-de-la-ZouchLeicester4,535
Stoke BardolphNottingham-*
AtherstoneWarwick4,491
UttoxeterStaffordshire5,516
Castle Gresley, Burton-on-Treut„864

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Circular letters were at once dispatched to the
several Medical Officers of Health in whose
districts the above farms were situated, with a
view of securing their co-operation in enquiring
into their local and sanitary surroundings, but
in no case was any evidence obtained that implicated
the character of the milk.
No reply was received from these places.