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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

Islington 1909

Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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Table: From these analyses the following averages for the years 1898-1909 have been deduced:—

From these analyses the following averages for the years 1898-1909 have been deduced:—

Solids not fat.FatTotal solids.
2,114 Sunday Milks8.553.65I2.20
3,421 Week-day Milk8.583.6312.21
1,414 Farmers' Milk8.743.9112.65
Total Milks8.623.7312.35

Table: Table CXXXV. Giving the particulars of the Milk taken during each quarter of 1909 on Sundays, on Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

Table CXXXV. Giving the particulars of the Milk taken during each quarter of 1909 on Sundays, on Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

1909.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 Quarter4080301503375271357531517.56.210.010.0
2nd ,,408130151377528140362117.57.46.67.3
3rd „39893015836842914935197.75.63.35.7
4th ,,40763014639703013916..72.57.9..4.8
The Year15932612060514530411456314226428.86.75.06.9