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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 1918

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

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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:—

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 Sundays1361l62014.7
On Week-days3773106717.8
At Railway Stations (Farmers' Milks)121111108.3
6345379715.3

Table: Giving the particulars of theMilktaken during each quarter of1918on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

Giving the particulars of theMilktaken during each quarter of1918on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

1911.No. of Samples Taken.Genuine.Adulterated.Per cent. Adulterated.
Quarters.SundaysWeek-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 Quarter31932014426701811452323016 124.710.020.7
2nd ,,401173018734982916161912615 016.23.313.9
3rd „3580301453470271311103142912.010.09.6
4th „30874115822763014281542726 617.29.717.1
The Year1303771216341163101115372067109714 717.88.315.3

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MILK AND CREAM REGULATIONS, 1912.
No samples of Cream were submitted to the Public Analysts under these
Regulations, the use of Cream, for the time, being prohibited.
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACTS, 1914-17.
Two samples of Margarine were submitted under the Regulations, both
of which conformed with the Food Control Orders.