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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
City of Westminster 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The results of the samples taken in each of the two districts of the
City during 1934 are given in the following table:—
Table LXXXI.
| District. | Total. | Good Quality. | Fair Quality. | Poor Quality. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Percent. | No. | Percent. | No. | Percent. | No. | Per cent. | ||
| North | 434 | 110 | 253 | 239 | 66.6 | 32 | 7.4 | 3 | 0.7 |
| South | 453 | 116 | 25.6 | 291 | 64.3 | 37 | 8.2 | 9 | 1.9 |
| 1931 | 887 | 226 | 26.5 | 580 | 65.0 | 69 | 7.7 | 12 | 1.3 |
| 1933 | 907 | 221 | 24.4 | 596 | 65.6 | 79 | 8.8 | 11 | 1.2 |
| 1932 | 921 | 452 | 49.1 | 426 | 46.2 | 35 | 3.8 | 8 | 0.8 |
| 1931 | 910 | 582 | 63.9 | 285 | 31.3 | 39 | 4.2 | 4 | 0.4 |
| 1930 | 910 | 396 | 43.5 | 431 | 47.3 | 62 | 6.8 | 21 | 2.3 |
| 1929 | 867 | 323 | 37.2 | 422 | 48.6 | 79 | 9.1 | 53 | 6.1 |
| 1928 | 904 | 410 | 45.3 | 373 | 41.2 | 101 | 11.1 | 20 | 2.2 |
| 1927 | 914 | 511 | 54.1 | 345 | 36.5 | 71 | 7.5 | 17 | 1.8 |
| 1925 | 910 | 502 | 55.1 | 293 | 32.7 | 100 | 10.9 | 10 | 1.0 |
| 1925 | 970 | 489 | 50.4 | 368 | 37.9 | 98 | 10.1 | 15 | 1.5 |
| 1924 | 994 | 507 | 51.0 | 363 | 36.5 | 105 | 10.5 | 19 | l.9 |
Of the total of 887 samples of milk taken during the year, 76 were
taken on Sundays. Of these three proved to be adulterated. Action
taken in regard to these samples is included in the following table:—
Table LXXXII.
Adulterated Samples of Milk:—
Action taken.
7 N. 23 per cent. fat abstracted.
Summons dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, on
payment of £3 3,9. (id. costs.
8 N. 2 per cent. fat abstracted.
Vendor cautioned.
50 S. 2.5 per cent. added water.
Vendor cautioned
214 S. 12.5 per cent. fat abstracted.
This was an informal sample obtained from a school. Subsequent
samples proved to be genuine, and the deficiency was no doubt due to lack
of mixing.
231 S. 1.5 per cent. added water.
Vendor cautioned.
232 S. 1.5 per cent. added water.
Vendor cautioned.