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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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and of those samples which were purchased informally or as test
samples 60, or 7-29 per cent, were found adulterated or not up to
standard. The total adulterations reported were 152, or 9-19 per
•cent, of the samples submitted.
The percentage of milk samples found to be adulterated
was 100.
In 57 out of the 92 cases in which adulterations were detected
in the official samples proceedings were instituted against the
vendor, and the total amount received in penalties under the
above Acts during the year amounted to £80, and the costs to
£52 ios., making a total of £133.
The following table shows the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub-district of the Borough, together with
the number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated,
and the percentage adulterated to the formal and informal and
to the total samples taken.