London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| No. of Samples Analysed. | No. of Samples Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. | Added Water. | Percentage of Watered Milks in Samples Analysed. | Removal of Fat. | Percentage of Milks with fat removed on Samples Analysed. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5% | 5% or over. | 10% orover. | 15% or over. | 20% or over. | Under 5% | 5% or over. | 10% or over. | 15% or over. | 20% or over. | ||||||
| 1899 | 205 | 55 | 26.8 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21.5 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | l | 5.3 |
| 1900 | 228 | 36 | 15.8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12.8 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 1901 | 251 | 56 | 22.3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14.7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7.6 |
| 1902 | 269 | 53 | 19.7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14.2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 1903 | 348 | 58 | 16.7 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13.5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 3.2 |
| 1904 | 346 | 48* | 13.9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 1905 | 349 | 38* | 10.9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5.4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| 1906 | 377 | 51* | 13.5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 5.0 |
| 1907 | 329 | 38* | 11.5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 4.5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | — | 2 | 6.0 |
| 1908 | 365 | 32 | 8.7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.3 |
| 1909 | 365 | 33 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2.7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5.7 |
*These figures include samples of milk which were adulterated with preservatives.