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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 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904]
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Table CXXVIII.
Showing the Number of Samples of Food and Drugs Analysed with the
Result of the Analyses for the Year 1904 and the preceding Ten Years.
Year.
No. of
Samples.
Genuine.
Adulterated.
Per cent.
Adulterated.
1894
390
342
48
12.3
1895
772
673
99
12.8
1896
755
661
94
12.4
1897
863
765
98
11.3
1898
875
784
91
10.4
1899
899
820
79
8.8
1900
885
774
111
12.5
1901
942
800
142
I5.0
1902
932
796
136
14.6
1903
1,016
898
118
11.6
Average (10 yrs.)
833
731
102
12.2
1904
1,204
1,101
103
8.5
Table CXXIX.
Giving the particulars of the Milk taken during each quarter of 1904 on Sundays, on
Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.
1904.
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 Quarter
39
76
30
145
39
65
30
134
..
11
..
11
..
14.4
..
7.5
2nd „
39
84
30
153
36
72
30
138
3
12
..
15
7.7
14.3
..
9.8
3rd „
46
80
30
156
43
67
30
140
3
13
..
16
6.5
16.2
..
10.2
4th „
40
77
30
147
40
72
30
142
..
5
..
5
..
6.5
..
3.4
The Year
164
317
120
601
158
276
120
554
6
41
..
47
3.6
12.9
..
7.8