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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
During the year ended 31st December, 1938, four hundred samples
were submitted to me for analysis by the Sampling Officers appointed
under the Act. Of these 261 samples were taken as " Formal," and 139
were purchased informally.
It has not been the custom for your Sampling Officers to discuss the
nature of samples submitted with the Public Analyst, and the wide range
of substances chosen reflects credit on them.
In the tables are shown the names and numbers of samples examined,
whether submitted formally or informally, and the number of each type
reported as " Adulterated " or " Inferior."
Only two samples were returned as adultered, and the Borough is to
be congratulated that the percentage of adulteration is only 0.5 per cent.
Two other samples were reported to be inferior because they did not comply
with the standard, which your Analyst expects, although they could
not be described as adulterated. All samples not reported as adulterated
or inferior were returned as " Genuine."
Article.
Taken
Formally
Adulterated.
Taken
Inform
ally.
Adult
erated.
Total
Samples
Analysed
Total
Samples
Adult
erated.
Milk 88 0 9 0 97 0
Milk, Condensed 0 0 2 0 2 0
Milk, Malted 0 0 1 0 1 0
Milk, Soured 0 0 1 0 1 0
Almonds, Ground or
Salted 1 0 1 0 2 0
Baking Powder 2 0 0 0 2 0
Barley 1 0 1 0 2 0
Blanc-Mange and
Custard Powders 7 0 0 0 7 0
Butter 11 0 15 0 26 0
Cake and Pudding
Mixtures 10 0 2 0 12 0
Cereal Food 1 0 0 0 1 0
Cheese 0 0 1 1 (I) 1 1 (I)
Cherries, Glacé 1 0 0 0 1 0
Cocoa 9 0 2 0 11 0
Cocoa, Malted
0 0 1 0 1 0
CoSee 5 0 0 0 5 0
Coffee and Chicory 6 0 0 0 6 0
Cream, Fresh 0 0 4 0 4 0
Cream, Tinned 0 0 1 0 1 0
Fish, Preserved 6 0 6 0 12 0
Fish Paste 0 0 2 0 2 0
Flour 8 0 0 0 8 0