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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
Poplar 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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‡Of the 276 samples of milk, 88 samples were procured on Sundays
from itinerant vendors and 37 from itinerant vendors on weekdays.
Two Sunday samples were not in accordance with the standard and
legal proceedings were instituted. Thirty samples were taken on
delivery, viz., 8 Poplar Union Workhouse, 9 Sick Asylum, 0 Bromley
House Institution, 11 Out-relief Stores, North Street, 1 Railway Station
and 1 City of London Infirmary. All the samples taken at the
Institutions were genuine.
Results of Analyses.
Of these 740 samples legal proceedings were instituted in 18 cases
Milk 16
Butter 1*
Margarine 2†
The Public Analyst reported that during the year he had analysed
740 samples; 31 or 4 per cent. were found to be adulterated.
The following table shows the percentage of all adulterated samples found in the several years named:—
| 1890 | 12.6 |
| 1891 | 14.4 |
| 1892 | 18.9 |
| 1893 | 20.5 |
| 1894 | 20.6 |
| 1895 | 22.1 |
| 1896 | 12.4 |
| 1897 | 14.2 |
| 1898 | 14.6 |
| 1899 | 9.2 |
| 1900 | 7.6 |
| 1901 | 9.1 |
| 1902 | 15.4 |
| 1903 | 8.2 |
| 1904 | 7.2 |
| 1905 | 8.8 |
| 1906 | 7.0 |
| 1907 | 7.3 |
| 1908 | 8.6 |
| 1909 | 6.2 |
| 1910 | 3.2 |
| 1911 | 2.9 |
| 1912 | 1.86 |
| 1913 | 7.5 |
| 1914 | 3.0 |
| 1915 | 2.4 |
| 1916 | 4.0 |
* Contained 2.5 per cent. excessive water.
† 2 not properly labelled.