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Hammersmith 1924
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1924
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The percentage of adulteration was 5.7 as compared with
6.1 last year. The percentage of articles of inferior quality,
where actual adulteration could not be certified, was 9.7 this
year and 9.0 last year.
In Table II will be found a statement of the number and
nature of the various articles examined during the year,
together with particulars of the prosecutions which were
instituted.
| Article. | No. of samples exam'd. | Result of Examination. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summonses issued. | Penalties imposed. | Genuine. | Inferior. | Adulterat ed | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Borax | 8 | 6 | - | 2† | 1 | - | ||
| Boric Ointment | 2 | 2 | _ | - | _ | _ | ||
| Butter | 46 | 46 | - | _ | - | _ | ||
| Castor Oil | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Camphorated Oil | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cheese | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cocoa | 10 | 10 | - | 4§ | - | - | ||
| Coffee | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Jam | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Lemonade Powder | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Lime Juice | 1 | - | - | 1* | - | - | ||
| Marmalade | 1 | 1 | - | - | _ | - | ||
| Meat and Fish Pastes | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Meat Pie | 2 | - | - | 2‡ | - | - | ||
| Milk | 438 | 362 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| „ Condensed | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Oil of Camphor | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Olive Oil | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Peas | 10 | 3 | - | 7 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Sugar, Demerara | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Salmon | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sausages | 8 | 4 | - | 4* | - | - | ||
| Tomato Sauce | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Totals | 600 | 508 | 58 | 34 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
* No action taken.
†Informal. Other case warranty proved.
‡formal samples.
§ 3 informal samples. No action in other case.
Milk.—During the year 438 samples of milk were examined
and of these 362 were reported as genuine. 58 as inferior, and
18 as adulterated. The following Table shows the nature and
extent of the adulteration: —