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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Results of Analyses.
Of these 376 samples legal proceedings were instituted in 6 cases.
Milk 5
Butter 1
The Public Analyst reported that during the year he had analysed
376 samples ; 7 or 1.86 per cent, were found to be adulterated.
This result is the lowest recorded for 35 years in the Borough.
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 |
Legal Proceedings.
The results of legal proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs
Acts were as follow :—
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