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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

Wandsworth 1905

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table LXXXII. shows the number of samples taken, the number
adulterated, and the percentage adulterated for the 10 years 1896-1905.

Table: TABLE LXXXII.

TABLE LXXXII.

Year.No. of Samples. Taken.No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
1896554183"2
18975972541
18986062642
18996025083
1900587437.1
19016006911.5
1902584518.7
1903729901.23
19047508511.3
1905853657.6

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The percentage of adulteration cannot be taken as representing
the amount of adulteration carried on, as so much depends on the
methods adopted for purchasing samples. During the past three
years, however, the same methods have been adopted, and it is
satisfactory to observe that the percentage in 1905 is lower than it
was in the two previous years.

Table: TABLE LXXXIII.

TABLE LXXXIII.

Sub-District.No. of Samples taken.No. per 1,000 of Population.No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
Clapham1702.61270
Putney1204.2119.1
Streatham2252.5146.2
Tooting1064.598.4
Wandsworth2322.8198.1
Whole Borough8532946576