Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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The subsequent statement gives a summary of the quarterly returns of the samples analysed by the Public Analyst:—
Samples Examined. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | |
---|---|---|---|
1st Quarter | 150 | 15 | |
151 | 7.3 | ||
3rd ,, | 158 | 9 | 5.7 |
4th ,, | 146 | 7 | 4.8 |
The following is a record of the adulteration of milk in Islington since 1892:— MILK ADULTERATION.
Samples Analysed. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
171 | 139 | 32 | ||
1893 | 213 | 173 | ||
206 | 37 | 17.9 | ||
413 | 343 | |||
468 | 50 | |||
513 | 49 | 9.5 | ||
492 | 51 | 9.4 | ||
477 | 55 | |||
541 | 485 | 56 | ||
586 | 58 | 9.9 | ||
458 | 50 | 9.8 | ||
600 | 553 | 47 | 7.8 | |
549 | 45 | |||
634 | 74 | 11.8 | ||
557 | ||||
604 | 552 | 52 | ||
Totals | 7,473 | |||
563 | 42 |
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