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27th Annual Report.
Summary of BOROUGH ANALYSTS Quarterly Reports
for the year 1950.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Report on
the work of the Borough Laboratory for the year 1950.
During the year, 1,222 samples were submitted for
analysis Of these, 1,131 (943 Foods and 188 Drugs) were
taken under the Food and Drugs Act; 88 were received from
the Public Health Department, 1 sample from the Food Executive
Officer and 2 samples from private purchasers.
The 1,131 samples (200 Formal and 931 Informal)
purchased by the Inspectors under the Food and Drugs Act are
classified as follows:
21 Baking Powder
3 Beer and Spirits
21 Cocoa
11 Coffee
14 Coffee Essence
12 Soft Cheese
10 Curry Powder
42 Custard Powder
10 Dried Fruits
8 Fats
14 Flour
31 Cereals
8 Flavouring Essences
23 Fish Paste
16 Herbs and Stuffing
4 Honey and Syrup
96 Ice Cream
11 Jam
11 Table Jelly
15 Meats
19 Meat Paste
186 Milk
45 Miscellaneous Foods
20 Edible Oils
11 Pickles
23 Saccharin Tablets
21 Salad Cream
37 Sauces
69 Sausages
26 Soft Drinks
44 Spices
18 Tinned Fish and Soups
20 Tinned Vegetables
21 Vinegar & Condiments
15 Aspirin etc. Tablets
5 Calamine Lotion
7 Glycerine
5 Hydrogen Peroxide
6 Iodine Solution
7 Liquid Paraffin
56 Miscellaneous Drugs
14 Oils
38 Ointments
5 Parrishs Food
10 Salt
10 Seidlitz Powders
5 Tartaric Acid
5 Vaseline
Of the 1,131 samples 26, or 2.3%, were adulterated.
Proceedings were taken in 8 cases and in two cases the vendors
were cautioned.
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