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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

Islington 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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33 [1917

Table: The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Week-days, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows:—

The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Week-days, and at Finsbury Park Railway Station are as follows:—

Number taken.Genuine.Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated
On Sundays160145159.4
On Week-days3122634915.7
At Railway Stations (Farmers' Milks)12011821.7
5925266611.1

Table: Giving the particulars of the Milk taken during each quarter of 1917 on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

Giving the particulars of the Milk taken during each quarter of 1917 on Sundays, Week-days, and at the Railway Stations.

1917.No. of Samples Taken.Genuine.Adulterated.'Per cent. Adulterated.
Quarters.Sundays.Week-days.Railway Stations.All Milks.Sundays.Week-days.Railway Stations.All Milks.Sundays.Week-days.Railway Stations.All Milks.Sundays.Week-days.Railway Stations.All Milks.
1st Quarter408030150386230130218..205.022.5..13.3
2nd ,,40723014234572912061512215.020.83,315.5
3rd ,,4080301503768291343121167.515.03.310.6
4th „40803015036763014244..810.05.0..5.3
The Year16031212059214526311852615492669.415.71.711.1

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MILK AND CREAM REGULATIONS, 1912.
No samples of Cream were submitted to the Public Analysts under these
Regulations, the use of Cream, for the time, being prohibited.
DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACTS, 1914-17.
Fifteen samples, comprising Bread, Margarine and Jam, were examined
by the Public Analysts under the Regulations, all of which conformed with
the Food Control Orders.