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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table gives the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub.district of the Borough, and shows
the number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated
and the percentage of adulteration :—
TABLE XLIII.
| Informal Samples. | Formal Samples. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Number per 1,000 of population. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | |
| Clapham | 170 | 5 | 2.9 | 192 | 5 | 2.6 | 362 | 5.7 | 10 | 2.7 |
| Putney | 92 | 2 | 1.7 | 98 | 3 | 3 0 | 190 | 6 0 | 5 | 2.6 |
| Streatham | 289 | 8 | 2.7 | 290 | 10 | 3.4 | 579 | 5.2 | 18 | 31 |
| Tooting | 143 | 3 | 2.1 | 103 | 7 | 6.8 | 246 | 6.1 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Wandsworth | 300 | 10 | 3.2 | 317 | 11 | 3.4 | 623 | 6.2 | 21 | 3.3 |
| Whole Borough | 1000 | 28 | 2.8 | 1000 | 36 | 3.6 | 2000 | 5.8 | 64 | 3.2 |
Milk.
The following samples of milk were submitted for analysis :—
090 of whole new milk.
5 of dried milk.
24 of condensed milk.
Of these 28 were reported against as being adulterated or
not up to Legal Standard. 22 contained extraneous water;
six were deficient in fat.
Proceedings were taken in six cases, and in 22 cases the Public
Health Committee, after considering the amount of adulteration
and the circumstances of the sale, decided not to prosecute the
vendors, but to take further samples.