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Greenwich 1913

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913

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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 1912 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.
Battersea1,000966355715510
Bermondsey1,1751118167020822
Bethnal Green688694405315414
Camberwell820465021715615
Chelsea400813651373
Deptford4643634130541
Finsbury60235372281195
Fulham999913902635744
Greenwich42218148101012
Hackney944675574727511
Hammersmith603522963314710
Hampstead50612280121090
Holborn50019229131421
Islington1,20772606332007
Kensington69966274301051
Lambeth1,8001447338848131
Lewisham575442732712911
London, City1,234404882256312
Paddington60010532056222
Poplar37681876842
St. Marylebone1,093345832438710
St. Pancras750763883918228
Shoreditch5841063578014910
Southwark1,9231347804052656
Stepney1,42023296613629382
Stoke Newington156208014192
Wandsworth1,50027178510738999
Westminster, City1,80119795911230017
Woolwich4901231810400
Total25,3312,22113,2391,2255,983508