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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 1909

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops

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The following table, taken from the Annual Report of the
Local Government Board for 1908-1909, compares the milk
vigilance of Finsbury with the other Metropolitan Boroughs.

Table: MILK ANALYSIS IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS. 1909.

MILK ANALYSIS IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS. 1909.

Metropolitan Boroughs.No. of Milks Examined.No. found to be Adulterated.Percertage of Adulteration.
St. Pancras4148721.0
Hackney58310419.5
Shoreditch3536117.2
Stepney77912916.9
Stoke Newington871213.8
Holborn2242812.5
Fulham8754211.2
Bermondsey6597311.0
Battersea6937510.8
Poplar1591910.6
Westminster (City)8899110.2
Hammersmith1992010.0
Lambeth838789.3
Lewisham272259.1
Finsbury365328.7
Bethnal Green414368.6
Islington604528.6
Southwark1,145948.2
Kensington284238.1
Chelsea199157.5
Wandsworth516377.1
Deptford165116.6
London (City)485816.3
St. Marylebone260166.1
Camberwell378205.2
Greenwich21883.7
Hampstead331113.3
Paddington84861.7
Woolwich36061.6
Whole of London12,5261,2409.9