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Town Hall,
Chelsea, S.W. 3.
25th March, 1927.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea.
Mr. MaVor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. During the year ended on the 31st December, 1926, four hundred
samples of Food and Drugs were submitted to me for analysis by the
Inspectors appointed under the Acts. Fifteen of these samples were
submitted as "Informal samples." Seven samples were also taken by
an officer of the Battersea Borough Council under the provisions of the
Milk and Dairies Act, 1915.
2. The nature of the samples submitted and the general procedure
in taking samples are not within the control of the Public Analyst.
3. Table I. shows the number and the names of the Genuine, Adulterated,
and Inferior samples, both "Formal" and "Informal," reported
upon during the year. The term "Genuine Composition" is to be
understood to mean that the composition of the samples so described
was in accordance with the scientific definitions which can at present be
given to the various articles dealt with, and that adulteration could not
be certified in regard to them. The term "Inferior" means that the
samples so described were of low quality or of doubtful character and
that actual adulteration could not be certified in regard to them.