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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST
Upon the Articles analysed during the Year
ended 31ST March, 1909.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.
Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting my Annual Report
for the year ending 31st March, 1909.
During the twelve months ending on that date
605 samples were submitted to me for examination.
Of these, 602 were purchased by Inspector Oatley under
the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, and
of the remaining samples 2 were submitted by the
Borough Surveyor, and 1 by the Borough Engineer.
In Table I. are given the number of samples
received under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts
during the several quarters of the year, together with
the number classified as "Genuine," "Inferior," and
"Adulterated."
Of the total number examined, 448 were reported
as genuine, 75 as adulterated, whilst 79 were of inferior
quality.