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Each tenement is provided with a gas stove, which in every
case is freely ventilated to the open air by a properly constructed
hood and shaft.
The tenements have let readily and the excellent accommodation
provided is much appreciated by the tenants.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
The number of samples taken for analysis under the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts during the year was 413. The number
certified by the Public Analyst to be adulterated was 20, or 4.8 per
cent. of the total number. The corresponding percentage in 1905
was 1.9.
364 samples were purchased from Hampstead tradesmen, and
49 from persons residing without, but trading within the Borough.
The percentages of adulterated samples in these two classes were
3.5 and 14.3 respectively.
16 samples were taken on Hampstead Heath on Bank Holidays,
and of these 4, or 25 per cent., were adulterated.
23 samples were taken on Sundays, and the samples found to
be adulterated were 2, or 8.7 per cent.
The following table shows the articles of which samples were
taken during the year, and the number found to be adulterated or of
low quality:—