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Wandsworth 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Food and Food Premises. 85
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 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 | 200 | 2 | 1.0 | 135 | 3 | 2.2 | 336 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| Putney | 131 | 1 | .76 | 62 | 1 | 1.6 | 192 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
| Balham | 154 | 2 | 1.2 | 112 | 3 | 2.6 | 266 | 5 | 4.8 | 1.8 |
| Streatham | 206 | 1 | .43 | 117 | 2 | 1.6 | 323 | 3 | 5.3 | .9 |
| Tooting | 184 | 2 | 1.0 | 101 | 3 | 2.9 | 285 | 5 | 6.9 | 1.7 |
| Wandsworth | 325 | 1 | .30 | 273 | 7 | 2.5 | 598 | 8 | 5.8 | 1.3 |
| Whole Borough | 1200 | 9 | .75 | 800 | 19 | 2.35 | 2000 | 28 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
Milk.
The following samples were subm„ted for analysis:—
798 of whole new milk.
3 of separated milk.
12 of condensed milk.
Of these 19 were reported against as being adulterated or
not up to legal standard. 15 contained extraneous water, three
were deficient in milk fat and one contained extraneous water and
was also deficient in milk fat.
Proceedings were taken in six cases and in the other 13
cases the Public Health Comm„tee after considering the amount