Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington page 67

Islington 1916

Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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67 1916
Prosecutions.—70 summonses were issued under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, 42 of which were successfully prosecuted. Altogether penalties
and costs to the amount of £150 l1s. 6d. were obtained.

Table: The Public Analyst, in his several quarterly reports during the year, reported on the genuineness of the articles examined as follows :—

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The Public Analyst, in his several quarterly reports during the year, reported on the genuineness of the articles examined as follows :—

	Examined.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Per cent.
1st Quarter	285	254	31	10.9
2nd	284	244	40	14.1
3rd	285	259	26	9.1
4th „	285	268	17	5.9
The Year	1.139	1,025	114	10.0

Table: Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have now been published for many years, are as follows :—

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Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have now been published for many years, are as follows :—

	No. of Samples.	Solids not Fat.	Fat.	Total solids.
Milk purchased on Sundays	160	8.60	3.53	12.13
Milk purchased on week-days	319	8.56	3.43	11.99
Milk procured in transit at Finsbury Park Station	120	8.83	3.63	12.46
Official Standard	—	8.50	3.00	11.50

Table: The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Week-days, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows:—

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The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Week-days, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows:—

	Number taken.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated)
On Sundays	160	133	27	16.9
On Week-days	319	261	58	18.2
At Railway Stations
(Farmers' Milks)	120	112	8	6.7
	599	506	93	15.5

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Islington 1916

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Table: The Public Analyst, in his several quarterly reports during the year, reported on the genuineness of the articles examined as follows :—

Table: Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the Milk samples, which have now been published for many years, are as follows :—

Table: The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Week-days, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows:—