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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Public Analysts' Annual Report.
To the Wandsworth Borough Council.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Herewith we have pleasure in submitting our Annual Report
on work performed in this laboratory for your Council under the
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, during the year ended
31st December, 1937.
All of the samples mentioned in this report were submitted
by your Council's Food Inspector, Mr. W. H. Jones, and were
taken either formally or informally as shown in the following
statement which also shows the nature of the samples examined
with the result of analysis, the details of Drugs and " Other Articles "
being given subsequently.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
| Nature of Sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Bread | - | 6 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Butter | — | 173 | 173 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cheese | — | 21 | 21 | — | - | - |
| Cheese (Wrapped) | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | — | 18 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Jam | — | 18 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Cream | — | 41 | 41 | — | — | — |
| Cream, Tinned | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Flour | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Flour, Self-raising | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Lard | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | — |
| Margarine | — | 20 | 20 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 997 | 9 | 1006 | 12 | — | 12 |
| Milk, Separated | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Milk, Condensed (Full Cream) | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Milk, Condensed (Machine Skimmed) | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Mustard | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | - |
| Sugar | — | 33 | 33 | — | - | — |
| Tea | — | 19 | 19 | — | - | — |
| Vinegar | —. | 2 | 2 | — | - | — |
| Vinegar, Malt | — | 7 | 7 | — | - | — |
| Drugs | — | 85 | 85 | — | 5 | 5 |
| Other Articles | 1 | 473 | 474 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Total | 1000 | 1000 | 2000 | 13 | 15 | 28 |