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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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"This result indicates a considerable diminution in adulteration
in the Borough, as compared with that of the previous year, when
the percentage was 15.4."
The percentages of adulterated samples found in the previous five years are as follows : —
| 1902 | 15.4 |
| 1901 | 9.1 |
| 1900 | 7.6 |
| 1899 | 9.2 |
| 1898 | 14.6 |
The results of legal proceedings were as follows:—
| Milk. | Costs. | Penalties. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date. | Adulteration. | ||||||
| 1903. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Jan. 30th | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 4.7 per cent. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mar. loth | Milk deficient in fat to the extent of 40 per cent. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mar. 19th | Milk deficient in fat to the extent of 13.3 per cent. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar. 27th | Milk deficient in fat and solids not fat to the extent of 16.7 per cent., and 4.1 per cent. respectively | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| April 9th | Milk deficient in fat to the extent of 6.6 per cent. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| June 26th | Milk deficient to the extent of 90 per cent. In default of Penalty not being paid one month imprisonment, defendant (forthwith) committed, third conviction. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| July 7th | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 3.3 per cent. Penalty including costs. | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| July 30th | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 3 per cent. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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