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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Food and Food Premises. 101
TABLE XXXIX.
| Informal Samples. | Formal Samples. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Number per 1,000 of population. | Percentage adulterated. | |
| Clapham | 160 | I | .62 | 210 | 2 | .95 | 370 | 3 | 6.2 | .8 |
| Putney | 148 | 6 | 4.05 | 88 | 1 | 113 | 236 | 7 | 7.0 | 2.9 |
| Balham | 121 | 3 | 2.47 | 155 | 2 | 1.28 | 276 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.8 |
| Streatham | 172 | 2 | 1.16 | 76 | 1 | 1.31 | 248 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.2 |
| Tooting | 173 | — | — | 178 | — | — | 351 | — | 9.4 | — |
| Wandsworth | 226 | 3 | 1.32 | 293 | 7 | 2.38 | 519 | 10 | 5.5 | 1.9 |
| Whole Borough | 1000 | 15 | 1.50 | 1000 | 13 | 1.30 | 2000 | 28 | 5.8 | 1.4 |
Milk and Milk Supply.
The following samples were submitted for analysis:—
1,006 of whole new milk.
2 of separated milk.
11 of condensed milk.
Of these 12 were reported against as being adulterated or not up
to standard, eleven contained extraneous water, and one was
deficient in milk fat. In all the cases, the Public Health Committee,
after considering the amount of adulteration and circumstances
of sale, decided not to prosecute the vendors but gave instructions
for warning letters to be sent.
108 samples of milk were taken from the early morning delivery
to hospitals in the Borough, eight on delivery to Wandsworth
Prison, and 33 from the milk delivered to the County Council Schools
in the Borough. All these samples were reported as genuine.