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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 1905

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: The Annual Report of the Local Government Board for 1904— 1905 gives the returns for London as follows:—

The Annual Report of the Local Government Board for 1904— 1905 gives the returns for London as follows:—

Metropolitan Borough.No. of milks examined.No. foundto be adulterated.Percentage ofadulterations.
Hackney42511025.9
St. Pancras3809625.3
Shoreditch3658623.5
Stepney64112619.6
Battersea4527717.0
Fulham2454116.7
Wandsworth4006215.5
Bethnal Green3785514.5
Finsbury3464813.9
Southwark118315112.8
London as a whole10610132712.5
Poplar1301511.5
Stoke Newington61711.5
Lambeth5155711.1
Lewisham2582810.9
Westminster, City7728010.4
Paddington2892910.0
Chelsea178179.5
Woolwich370349.2
Islington601477.8
Greenwich11897.6
Camberwell318247.5
London, City469357.5
Bermondsey469337.4
Hammersmith13096.9
Kensington213146.6
Deptford215136.0
Holborn256135.0
St. Marylebone26072.7
Hampstead17342.3

Table: The comparative figures for 1904 (the most recent obtainable) work out as follows:—

The comparative figures for 1904 (the most recent obtainable) work out as follows:—

1904.Percentage of Milk Adulteration.
Borough of Finsbury13.9
London12.5
Twenty largest towns of England and Wales10.1
The remainder of England and Wales10.6