London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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excessive water to 5.8 per cent. and 3.2 per cent., and £3 3s. costs were allowed
the Council in each case.
Twenty informal samples of bread and butter were taken. Three were found
to have margarine substituted for butter. Three formal samples were taken from
the same sources, and in one case margarine was again found substituted for butter.
Proceedings were instituted and the defendant was fined £2 with £3 3s. costs.
The subjoined table gives a comparison of the results of the work under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts for the years 1906-1930 inclusive:—
| Year. | Number of Samples. | Number of persons in the Borough to each Sample. | Number of Samples adulterated. | Percentage of Samples adulterated. | Number of prosecutions instituted. | Summonses withdrawn on account of warranties. | Prosecutions proceeded with. | Number of successful prosecutions. | Fines and Costs. | Amount paid to Public Analyst. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| 1906 | 520 | 224 | 122 | 23.4 | 44 | 2 | 42 | 34 | 106 | 12 | 6 | 260 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | 519 | 223 | 99 | 19.0 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 259 | 10 | 0 |
| 1908 | 580 | 200 | 92 | 15.8 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 117 | 10 | 0 | 290 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1909 | 570 | 200 | 92 | 16.1 | 76 | 2 | 74 | 69 | 255 | 18 | 6 | 276 | 5 | 0 |
| 1910 | 578 | 200 | 133 | 23.0 | 65 | 60 | 49 | 93 | 17 | 6 | 279 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1911 | 577 | 200 | 149 | 25.8 | 64 | 62 | 58 | 180 | 0 | 6 | 278 | 17 | 6 | |
| 1912 | 584 | 190 | 100 | 17.1 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 45 | 172 | 11 | 0 | 281 | 10 | 0 |
| 1913 | 768 | 144 | 132 | 17.1 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 94 | 2 | 6 | 350 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1914 | 768 | 143 | 132 | 17.1 | 36 | 36 | 21 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 350 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1915 | 768 | 135 | 130 | 17.8 | 43 | 43 | 30 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 350 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1916 | 768 | 130 | 144 | 18.7 | 50 | 49 | 36 | 134 | 18 | 0 | 350 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1917 | 770 | 129 | 154 | 20.0 | 65 | 65 | 41 | 99 | 12 | 0 | 351 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1918 | 724 | 134 | 137 | 17.5 | 54 | 1 | 53 | 37 | 284 | 13 | 0 | 340 | 12 | 6 |
| 1919 | 632 | 155 | 72 | 11.3 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 137 | 3 | 0 | 316 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | 934 | 109 | 69 | 7.4 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 700 | 10 | 0 |
| 1921 | 1077 | 98 | 58 | 5.4 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 807 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1922 | 1068 | 97 | 58 | 5.4 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 700 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1923 | 1049 | 101 | 51 | 4.9 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 655 | 12 | 6 | |
| 1924 | 1051 | 101 | 37 | 3.5 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 656 | 17 | 6 | |
| 1925 | 1073 | 100 | 55 | 5.1 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 670 | 12 | 6 |
| 1926 | 1058 | 101 | 27 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 661 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1927 | 1062 | 101 | 20 | 1.9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 663 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1928 | 1076 | 93 | 18 | 1.7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 672 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1929 | 1060 | 95 | 26 | 2.5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 662 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1930 | 1056 | 44 | 26 | 2.46 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 660 | 0 | 0 | |
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
The following samples were taken and submitted to the Bacteriologist for
examination: 1 sample of Grade "A" T.T.; 1 sample of "Certified" milk and
5 samples of "Pasteurized" milk.
The results show that the milks conformed to the standard laid down by the
Order.