Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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Metropolitan Boroughs. | No. of Milks Examined. | No. found to be Adulterated. | Percentage ofAdulteration. |
---|---|---|---|
Shoreditch | 298 | 49 | 16.5 |
St. Pancras | 401 | 55 | 13.7 |
Stepney | 898 | 118 | 13.1 |
Deptford | 219 | 27 | 12.3 |
Westminster(City) | 1013 | 116 | 11.4 |
Holborn | 221 | 23 | 10.4 |
Greenwich | 182 | 18 | 9.9 |
Poplar | 171 | 17 | 9.9 |
Hackney | 502 | 48 | 9.5 |
Stoke Newington | 74 | 7 | 9.5 |
Battersea | 677 | 64 | 9.4 |
Lambeth | 741 | 64 | 8.6 |
Paddington | 313 | 27 | 8.6 |
Kensington | 266 | 22 | 8.3 |
Hammersmith | 238 | 19 | 7.9 |
Fulham | 432 | 84 | 7.8 |
Bethnal Green | 429 | 33 | 7.7 |
Wandsworth | 545 | 40 | 7.5 |
Bermondsey | 779 | 54 | 6.9 |
Islington | 613 | 42 | 6.8 |
Camberwell | 476 | 31 | 6.5 |
Chelsea | 176 | 10 | 5.7 |
St. Marylebone | 417 | 23 | 5.5 |
Southwark | 967 | 52 | 5.4 |
Lewisham | 244 | 13 | 5.3 |
London (City) | 532 | 25 | 4.7 |
Woolwich | 357 | 13 | 3.3 |
Hampstead | 340 | 10 | 2.9 |
12,891 | 1,087 | 8.4 |
It will be noticed that with regard to the percentage of adulteration
estimated on the whole number of milk samples in each
borough, Finsbury is twelfth on the list.
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connection with milk cases. In 1910, the warranty was put in as