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Hampstead 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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(C) Adulteration, etc.
(i) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
503 samples were taken for analysis during the year by the
Sampling Officers under the Act. The number certified to be
adulterated was 20, or 3.7 per cent. of the total number, as compared
with 29, or 5.7 per cent. in 1936.
Of the total samples taken for analysis, 363 were formal samples
and 140 informal.
The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year:—
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