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Wandsworth 1914

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table CXX. shows the number of samples taken, the number
adulterated, and the percentage of adulterated samples for the
10 years 1904-1913, compared with the year 1914.
From this table it will be seen that the average percentage
of adulterations detected for the 10 years 1904-1913 was 107 per
cent., compared with 10.2 in 1914.
The following table shows the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub-district of the Borough, together with
the number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated,
and the percentage adulterated to the formal and informal and
to the total samples taken.
It will be noted that of the formal samples 11.0 per cent.
were adulterated, compared with 13.4 per cent. in 1913, while of
the informal 9.2 per cent. were adulterated, compared with 8.4 per
cent. in 1913.

TABLE CXX I.

Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Total No. of samples taken.No. per 1,000 of Population.No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
No. of samples taken.No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.No of samples taken.No. AdulteratedPercentage Adulterated.
Clapham1892111.1160106.23495.5319.0
Putney9599.4821112.21776.02011.3
Streatham2522710.7241218.74934.6489.9
Tooting233229.4206209.743911.3429.5
Wandsworth1942713.71371410.23313.44112.3
Whole Borough96310611.0826769.21,7895.318210.2