Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table CXXX.
Year. | No. of Samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 15.1 |
1902 | 932 | 796 | 136 | 14.6 |
1903 | 1,016 | 898 | 118 | 11.6 |
1904 | 1,204 | 1,101 | 103 | 8.5 |
Average (10 yrs.) | 914 | 807 | 107 | 11.7 |
1905 | 1,200 | 1,101 | 99 | 8.2 |
Table CXXXI.
1905. | No. of Samples Taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarters. | Sundays. | Week-days. | Railway Station. | 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 | 40 | 86 | 29 | 155 | 39 | 77 | 26 | 142 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 8.4 |
2nd ,, | 41 | 81 | 24 | 146 | 39 | 74 | 21 | 134 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4.8 | 8.6 | 12.5 | 8.2 |
3rd „ | 40 | 77 | 29 | 146 | 36 | 66 | 29 | 131 | 4 | 11 | .. | 15 | 10.0 | 14.3 | .. | 10.3 |
4th ,, | 40 | 79 | 30 | 149 | 37 | 77 | 30 | 144 | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 7.5 | 2.5 | .. | 3.3 |
The Year | 161 | 323 | 112 | 596 | 151 | 294 | 103 | 551 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 45 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 7.6 |