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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
Shoreditch 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The results of the year's work are summarised in the following table :—
| Quarter of the year 1912. | Number of Samples taken. | Number of Samples Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | Number of Prosecutions Instituted. | Prosecutions withdrawn because of Warranties, &c. | Prosecutions proceeded with. | Number of succeseful Prosecutions. | Fines aad Costs. | Amount paid to Analyst for samples analysed. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| 1st. | 139 | 26 | 17.9% | 13 | — | 13 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 69 | 10 | 0 |
| 2nd. | 146 | 31 | 21.2% | 9 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 73 | 0 | c |
| 3rd. | 116 | 24 | 20.6% | 15 | — | 15 | 13 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 4th. | 183 | 19 | 10.32% | 11 | — | 11 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| Total for Year | 584 | 100 | 17.1% | 48 | 1 | 48 | 45 | 172 | 11 | 0 | 281 | 10 | 0 |
The samples taken included 35G of milk, 149 of butter, 6 coffee, 9 margarine,
4 lard, 2 pepper, 1 separated milk, 9 sausage (4 beef, 2 pork and 3 German), 9
vinegar, 4 cocoa, 5 jam, 6 rum, 8 jelly, 2 jelly cuttings, 3 honey, 2 ground ginger,
2 self raising flour, 2 salmon, and 1 each of arrowroot, baking powder, whiskey,
beef dripping and rice.
In the subjoined table are shown the numbers of samples of milk taken during the four quarters of the year, with the numbers and percentages of those found not to be genuine :—
| Quarter of the year. | Number of Samples. | Number not genuine. | Percentage adulterated. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 62 | 19 | 30.6 |
| 2nd. | 93 | 22 | 23.6 |
| 3rd. | 69 | 20 | 28.9 |
| 4th. | 132 | 19 | 14.4 |