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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
Bethnal Green 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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for his milk with money supplied by his parents,
because it was the only way in which he could
be induced to drink any milk.
The following are the schools at which I have taken samples, together with the results of the analyses:—
| Name of School. | Result. |
|---|---|
| Globe Road | 10 per cent, of added water. |
| Mowlem Street | Genuine. |
| Pritchard's Road | Do. |
| Hague Street | Do. |
| St. John's, Peel Grove | Do. |
| Abbey Street | Do. |
| Turin Street | 3½ per cent. of added water. |
| Cranbrook Road | Genuine. |
| Portman Place | Do. |
| Olga Street | Do. |
| St. Peter's | Do. |
| Mansford Street | Do. |
| Daniel Street | Do. |
| Columbia Road | Do. |
| Wilmot Street | Do. |
| Teesdale Street | Do. |
| Mowlem Street (2nd sample) | Do. |
| Bonner Street | Do. |
| Somerford Street | Do. |
*St. Martin's Mission (two samples) 20 per cent, and 27
per cent, of added water.
*The unsatisfactory features arising out of the
absence of any regularised method of contracting for the
sale and delivery of milk of a uniform standard at the different
schools or centres were strikingly emphasised in
this case—St. Martin's Mission.