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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

Finsbury 1903

Report on the public health of 1903

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Metropolitan Borough.No. of milks examined.No. found to be adulterated.Percentage of adulterations.
Hackney31010332.2
St. Pancras2628432.0
Stepney55016730.3
Shoreditch1544629.9
Poplar1513422.5
Finsbury2745821.2
Lewisham2314619.9
Stoke Newington44818.2
Battersea1572817.8
Greenwich1342317.1
Bethnal Green2053316.1
Southwark105717016.0
Holborn1772815.8
London as a whole8411131415.6
Westminster, City5748614.9
Fulham1482114.2
London, City6058013.2
Camberwell3183912.2
Chelsea941111 7
Kensington20623111
Paddington3203510.9
Wandsworth2152310.7
Deptford1571610.2
Islington587559.4
Bermondsey389317.9
Lambeth310247.7
St. Marylebone202146.9
Hammersmith13975.0
Woolwich374184.8
Hampstead6734.5

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There can be no question that more adulteration goes on in
Finsbury than in many other London districts.* A high return, as
°Dr. Harris of Islington and others have furnished evidence to show that
most of the adulteration is done not by the farmer but by the wholesale or
retail vendor. Examinations of milk at railway stations in London have shown
such milk to be superior to the milk obtained for examination from milkshops, as
judged by chemical analysis. See Reports on Health of Islington, 1901, p. 226
1902, p. 214.