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Greenwich 1908

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908

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The following Statement showing the number of samples of all kinds of Food and Drugs, and the number of samples of Milk and Butter examined in 1907, by the Public Analyst of each Local Authority under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts in London, is interesting:—

Borough.Total.Milk.Butter.
Examined.Adulterated.Examined.Adulterated.Examined.Adulterated.
Battersea1,0001068398210617
Bermondsey1,3421527139443051
Bethnal Green738633982114210
Camberwell873754182827330
Chelsea39917190101263
Deptford3371813841179
Finsbury6035232938968
Fulham649852482918632
Greenwich4672019591605
Hackney9001185828818515
Hammersmith6161022653122164
Hampstead4073627421451
Holborn49960182131027
Islington1,214826034021213
Kensington6995424781268
Lambeth1,80916383110045834
Lewisham543452931915818
London, City1,092734723641113
Paddington5635335546591
Poplar36923152111248
St. Marylebone99358452381344
St. Pancras7791243908317910
Shoreditch51999331771268
Southwark1,7751159055636014
Stepney1,20821982415926159
Stoke Newington1566734181
Wandsworth989854995333413
Westminster, City1,6952177277520711
Woolwich4431934817722
Total23,6762,33912,2731,2905,428469