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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 1912
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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The following table compares the milk vigilance of Finsbury
with that of the other London boroughs:—
MILK SAMPLES, 1911.
| Borough. | No. of Samples. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 645 | 76 | 11.7 |
| Bermondsey | 838 | 99 | 11.8 |
| Bethnal Green | 505 | 59 | 11.6 |
| Camberwell | 484 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Chelsea | 161 | 10 | 6.2 |
| Deptford | 291 | 50 | 17.1 |
| Finsbury | 374 | 43 | 11.4 |
| Fulham | 386 | 25 | 6.4 |
| Greenwich | 167 | 7 | 4.1 |
| Hackney | 508 | 69 | 13.5 |
| Hammersmith | 252 | 28 | 11.1 |
| Hampstead | 314 | 15 | 4.7 |
| Holborn | 230 | 29 | 12.6 |
| Islington | 602 | 59 | 9.8 |
| Kensington | 311 | 37 | 11.8 |
| Lambeth | 743 | 85 | 11.4 |
| Lewisham | 300 | 20 | 6.6 |
| London (City of) | 533 | 19 | 3.5 |
| Paddington | 372 | 39 | 10.4 |
| Poplar | 191 | 11 | 5.7 |
| St. Marylebone | 603 | 48 | 7.9 |
| St. Pancras | 426 | 53 | 12.4 |
| Shoreditch | 390 | 134 | 34.3 |
| Southwark | 940 | 114 | 12.1 |
| Stepney | 1,052 | 161 | 15.3 |
| Stoke Newington | 85 | 13 | 15.2 |
| Wandsworth | 603 | 67 | 11.1 |
| Westminster(City of) | 968 | 107 | 11.0 |
| Woolwich | 297 | 21 | 7.0 |
| Whole of London | 13,571 | 1,520 | 11.2 |
It will be noticed that with regard to the percentage of adulteration
estimated on the whole number of milk samples in each
borough, Finsbury is thirteenth on the list. The boroughs which
precede it and their corresponding adulteration percentages are