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Kensington 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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25
Cheese (lbs.) 23
Cocoa Nuts 162
Cows (tuberculosis) 2
Dates(box) 1
Fish(lbs.) 183
Gooseberries (bushel)½
Herrings (barrel) 1
Herrings (box) 1
Mackerel (case) 1
Milk (tins) 421
Oranges (boxes) 170
Ox Tongue (jars) 2
Periwinkles (shell-fish) (sack) 2
Pigs' Carcases, etc. (tuberculosis) 6
Pigs' Offal (tuberculosis) 10
Pork Pies 6
Poultry 2
Rabbits 60
Salmon (whole) 10
Sardines (tins) 10
Sausages (lbs.) 4
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Each of the ten Sanitary Inspectors is appointed as an inspector under the above Acts, and
is instructed to take samples in any place in the Borough which is not within his own sanitary
district. During the year the Inspectors collected 745 samples, of which 27 (or 3.6 per cent.) were
adulterated

The samples collected were as follows:—

Nature of Sample.Number Taken.Number Adulterated.
Milk3018
Sausages525
Vinegar513
Sweets24...
Butter50...
Pepper36...
Coffee332
Cocoa30...
Fish Paste12...
Tea20...
Wood Vinegar3...
Meat Paste13...
Boric Acid1...
Cocoa Mixture1...
Coffee and Chicory1...
Cornflour12...
Tapioca12...
Mustard Mixture8...
Mustard54
Sausage22
Coffee Mixture1...
Cheese12...
Dried Milk8...
Ham and Tongue Paste1...
Separated Milk1...
Borax12...
Baking Powder12...
Milk of Sulphur11...
Camphorated Oil81
Bloater Paste3...
Chicken and Ham Paste31
Salmon and Shrimp Paste21
Veal and Ham Paste1...
Pheasant Paste1...
Crab Paste1...
Precipitated Sulphur1...
Total74527