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The Laboratory,
11, Billiter Square,
London, E.C.3.
12th February, 1937.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Following my usual custom I beg to submit a short summary of
the work I have carried out as your Borough Analyst under the Food
and Drugs Adulteration Act during the year 1936. The number of
samples which have been examined was 505. It is unnecessary to
enumerate them all, but the range of materials has been wide and some
of the principal kinds are shown below:-
Milk 165
Cream 3
Butter 18
Margarine 3
Lard and Lard Substitutes 8
Cheese, Cream Cheese, etc. 11
Dripping, Suet, Vegetable Fats, etc. 12
Condensed Milk 9
Coffee and Coffee and Chicory 9
Sausages, Minced Beef, etc. 33
Canned or Dried Fruits or Vegetables 39
Canned Meats, Fish and Fish Pastes 57
Jam, Honey and Jellies 16
Cereals 13
Vinegar 7
Pepper 5
Mustard 6
Sugar 16
Bread and Butter 3
Sauces, Pickles, etc. 17
Wines, Beer and Spirits 9
Fruit Drinks 7
Pastry and Cakes 4
Sweets 6
Drugs 5
Miscellaneous 24