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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
Stepney 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Sunday Samples.
75 Samples were taken on 10 Sundays. Of these 15 were adulterated and
3 prosecutions resulted. The adulterations of Sunday milks were 20.0 per
cent., as compared with 19.2 per cent. of week-day samples.
The total fines secured during the year amounted to £129 9s. 0d., with
£74 6s. Od. costs allowed.
The average fine secured on the prosecutions was £1 13s. 6d.
Compared with previous years the adulteration was as follows:—
| YEAR. | Samples Examined. | Number Adulterated. | Number of Prosecutions. | per cent. of Adulteration. | per cent. of Prosecutions. | Amount secured in Fines. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| 1901 | 693 | 107 | 66 | 15.4 | 9.5 | 135 | 17 | 6 |
| 1902 | 1187 | 260 | 118 | 21.9 | 9.9 | 220 | 15 | 0 |
| 1903 | 1171 | 214 | 88 | 18.3 | 705 | 175 | 18 | 0 |
| 1904 | 1191 | 190 | 58 | 15.9 | 4.9 | 131 | 11 | 0 |
| 1905 | 1176 | 187 | 76 | 159 | 6.5 | 137 | 11 | 1 |
| 1906 | 1147 | 241 | 122 | 21.0 | 10.6 | 252 | 3 | 0 |
| 1907 | 1208 | 219 | 77 | 18.1 | 6.4 | 129 | 9 | 0 |
| Average for the 7 years | 1110 | 203 | 86 | 18.1 | 709 | 169 | 0 | 8 |