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Committee and the Borough Council I owe heartfelt thanks. As one
of those on the Superannuation List I cannot cease to remember their
kindness.
Yours obediently,
ALFRED W. STOKES, F.C.S., F.I.C.
Hehner & Cox. The Laboratory,
11, Billiter Square,
London, E.C. 3.
16th January, 1926.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a short account of the work carried out by me as
your Public Analyst under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during
the last three quarters of the year 1925.
In this period a total of 380 samples have been examined, of which
the principal articles were:—
Milk
142
Butter
37
Cream
26
Cheese
10
Apples
35
Medicines
10
The adulterated samples (which term includes all not complying
with the Regulations) were 23 in number, as under:—
Milk
6
Butter
3
Cheese
1
Condiments
3
Vinegar
1
Apples
9
This shows the percentage of adulterated samples to be 6.0.
The quality of food supplied in the Borough, as indicated by the
analyses, is distinctly good; there has been very little adulteration, and,
apart from a few small deficiencies, the more serious matters which
have arisen have been the presence of formalin in four samples of milk