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City of London 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: The accompanying Table has been partly compiled from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, to which are added some figures for the City of London, and London as a whole:—

The accompanying Table has been partly compiled from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, to which are added some figures for the City of London, and London as a whole:—

Year.Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales.Number Examined in the City of London.Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London.Number of Persons to each Sample examined.
England and Wales.*City of London.London.
188117,823162.921,462318760
188219,4391971.011,350252732
188319,6482011.021,363240725
188422,9512851.241,182164716
188523,230206.881,184221699
188623,596188.791,181235672
188724,4402941.201,171146596
188826,344178.671,086235551
188926,954249.90964162542
189027,465165.62946239557
189129,028169.42999227580
189232,447123.38894303573
189337,233104.28779347530
189439,516161.40734216492
189543,962266.60661127414
189645,555212.47636148399
189746,856220.47619138381
189849,555230.46585122353
189953,056171.32547164325
190062,858145.23461186312
190167,8418541.2647932291
190272,3211,2481.7245021252
190378,0771,1791.5141721233
190484,6781,0351.2238423213
1905Return not yet received.1,102——20—
* The figures in this column are based on the Imperial night census, and are obviously misleading. Unfortunately there are no accurate means of arriving at the number of persons in the City during the daytime.

Table: MILK. It is satisfactory to note that the decrease in the number of cases of milk adulteration is maintained, as shown by the following figures:—

MILK. It is satisfactory to note that the decrease in the number of cases of milk adulteration is maintained, as shown by the following figures:—

Year1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
Number of Milk samples examined392599517452481
Found genuine209519457417445
Found adulterated8380603536
Percentage of adulteration21.013.311.67.57.5