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Kensington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Each of the ten Sanitary Inspectors is appointed an Inspector under the above Acts, and
is instructed to take samples in any place in the Borough which is not within his own sanitary
district.
The samples procured are of two kinds, namely, formal and informal.
(a) Formal Samples.—These are samples which are taken strictly in conformity with the requirements of the Sale ot Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and during the year the Inspector collected 694, of which 56 or 8T per cent. were adulterated. Particulars of formal sampless collected are as follows :—
| Nature of Sample. | Number Taken. | Number Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Arrowroot | 2 | ... |
| Beans (Tinned) | 4 | 4 |
| Borax | 4 | ... |
| Brawn | 8 | ... |
| British Wine | 4 | 2 |
| Butter | 64 | ... |
| Cayenne Pepper | 2 | ... |
| Cheese | 18 | ... |
| Citric Acid | 6 | ... |
| Cocoa | 11 | ... |
| Coffee | 10 | ... |
| Coffee Essence | 2 | ... |
| Cornflower | 12 | ... |
| Cream | 11 | 4 |
| Cream Cheese | 4 | ... |
| Flour | 6 | ... |
| Fruit Syrup | 2 | ... |
| Golden Syrup | 5 | 2 |
| Gregory Powder | 5 | ... |
| Ground Ginger | 4 | ... |
| Lard | 6 | ... |
| Lemonade Crystals | 2 | ... |
| Malt Vinegar | 6 | ... |
| Margarine | 27 | .... |
| Milk | 253 | 6 |
| Mincemeat | 7 | 1 |
| Mustard | 2 | ... |
| Mustard Mixture | 2 | ... |
| Peas (Tinned) | 16 | 10 |
| Pepper | 9 | ... |
| Pork Pie | 1 | ... |
| Potted Meat | 12 | ... |
| Prescriptions | 22 | 2 |
| Preserved Cream | 3 | 3 |
| Rice | 12 | ... |
| Sausages | 28 | 13 |
| Self-raising Flour | 9 | ... |
| Spinach (Tinned) | 2 | ... |
| Sponge Cake | 25 | 6 |
| Sweets | 18 | ... |
| Tartaric Acid | 6 | ... |
| Tongue | 4 | ... |
| Veal, Ham and Egg Pie | 1 | ... |
| Vinegar | 26 | 1 |
| Whisky | 7 | 1 |
| Wood Vinegar | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 694 | 56 |