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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS-
During the year 414 samples were taken for analysis, as compared
with 406 in 1904. It is with great satisfaction that I have to report
that only 8 of these, or 1.9 per cent., were found to be adulterated, which
as will he seen in the table on page 81 bears very favourable comparison
with London as a whole where the per centage is 8.0. Only 4 of the 8
adulterated samples were purchased from Hampstead tradesmen, the
other 4 having been bought from barrows belonging to traders residing
in other parts, and 3 of these latter were samples of milk purchased
on Hampstead Heath on August Bank Holiday, which cannot be said to
affect the food supply of the Borough ; therefore, deducting these, it will
be found that the adulteration of the food of the Borough only amounts to
1.2 per cent. of the samples purchased, which will be found to be the
lowest of any in the Metropolis. I believe that the purity of the food
supply contributes in some measure to the extremely low death rate of
the Borough.