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The Public Analyst has furnished me with the
following report on his work during the year :—
Annual Report of the Public Analyst
During the year 1938, 723 samples were examined
under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, all of which
were submitted by the Inspectors.
No samples were submitted by the Public under the Act.
One hundred and ten of these samples were purchased
informally.
Thirty-four samples were found to be adulterated,
twenty-seven formal and seven informal.
The adulteration was at the rate of 4.7 per cent. as
compared with 3.46 per cent. for the whole of London and
5.5 per cent. for the whole of England and Wales in 1937.
The number of samples examined was at the rate of
7.64 per 1,000 of the estimated population as compared
with 9.91 per 1,000 for the whole of London and 3.79 per 1,000
for the whole of England and Wales in 1937.
Three hundred and fifty-nine samples of milk were
examined of which ten samples or 2.8 per cent. were reported
as adulterated, as compared with 3.26 per cent. for the whole
of London and 7.4 per cent. for the whole of England and
Wales in 1937.

The milk adulteration in the Borough for the past 10
years was as follows:—