Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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287 [1906
Table CXXX.
Year. | No. of Samples Examined. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1891 | 368 | 345 | 23 | 6.2 |
1892 | 367 | 302 | 65 | 17.7 |
1893 | 378 | 327 | 51 | 13.5 |
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 | 10.5 |
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 |
1905 | 1,200 | 1,101 | 99 | 8.2 |
1906 | 1,190 | 1,079 | 111 | 9.3 |
Table CXXXI.
1906. | 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 | 74 | 78 | 20 | 172 | 68 | 69 | 19 | 156 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 9.3 |
2nd „ | 41 | 85 | 30 | 156 | 35 | 72 | 29 | 136 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 3.3 | 12.8 |
3rd „ | 40 | 83 | 30 | 153 | 34 | 71 | 30 | 135 | 6 | 12 | .. | 18 | 15.0 | 14.5 | .. | 11.7 |
4th „ | 40 | 86 | 30 | 156 | 36 | 69 | 30 | 135 | 4 | 17 | .. | 21 | 10.0 | 19.8 | .. | 13.5 |
The Year | 195 | 332 | 110 | 637 | 173 | 281 | 108 | 562 | 22 | 51 | 2 | 75 | 11.3 | 15.4 | 1.8 | 11.8 |