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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
Wandsworth 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Food and Food Premises.
The following Table gives the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub-district of the Borough, and shows
the number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated
and the percentage of adulteration.
TABLE XLIV.
| Informal Samples. | Formal Samples. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Number per 1,000 of population. | Percentage adulterated. | |
| Clapham | 173 | 4 | 2.3 | 169 | 5 | 2.9 | 342 | 9 | 5.3 | 2.6 |
| Putney | 97 | 4 | 4.1 | 89 | 3 | 3.3 | 186 | 7 | 5.7 | 3.7 |
| Balham | 142 | 5 | 3.5 | 126 | 3 | 2.3 | 268 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.9 |
| Streatham | 157 | 6 | 3.8 | 149 | 4 | 2.6 | 306 | 10 | 5.5 | 3.2 |
| Tooting | 140 | 4 | 2.8 | 133 | 5 | 3.7 | 273 | 9 | 6.6 | 3.2 |
| Wandsworth | 329 | 7 | 2.1 | 296 | 6 | 2.0 | 625 | 13 | 6.1 | 2.0 |
| Whole Borough | 1038 | 30 | 2.89 | 962 | 26 | 2.6 | 2000 | 56 | 5.6 | 2.8 |
Milk.
The following samples were submitted for analysis:—
961 of whole new milk.
2 of separated milk.
18 of condensed milk.
Of these, 27 were reported against as being adulterated or
not up to the Legal Standard. Eight contained extraneous
water, 18 were deficient in milk fat and one contained extraneous
water and was in addition deficient in milk fat.
Proceedings were taken in six of the cases, and in the
21 other cases the Public Health Committee, after considering.