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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
St Pancras 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| Stage of Sale. | Place. | Reason. | Number of Milk samples examined. | Result of Analysis. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||||
| On sale to public | In street | Periodical—Week-da y | 3 | 3 | _ | _ |
| „ Sunday | 84 | 67 | 17 | 8 | ||
| In shop | By request | 10 | 7 | 3 | _ | |
| Periodical—Week-day | 164 | 130 | 34 | 12 | ||
| ,, Sunday | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Consecutive | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| By request | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| On delivery | At shop | Periodical | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Consecutive | 5 | 5 | _ | _ | ||
| By request | — | _ | _ | _ | ||
| At Railway Depot or Station | Periodical | 72 | 69 | 3 | _ | |
| Consecutive | 25 | 24 | 1 | _ | ||
| By request | 21 | 9 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 398 | 325 | 73 | 30 | ||
Consecutive sampling. — Pending the repeal of the Warranty Sections of the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, instructions were given to the Food Inspectors
when sampling to always inquire whether a warranty in any form is held by
the vendor, and, if there he a warranty, and the sample prove to he adulterated,
to take a sample of the milk of the guarantor upon deliver}', at the vendor's
premises. Unfortunately the second sample is not a sample of the inculpated
milk, but it may in some measure be evidence of the bona or male fides of the
guarantor.