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by an Analysts' Committee and a tentative minimum of 83 per cent.
of fat was adopted. One sample examined this year showed over 20
per cent. of rice flour, so it was regarded as adulterated. There are
other instances which might be recited to show the change which takes
place in manufactured foods and the need for constant investigation.
So far as the Borough of Hampstead is concerned the results
on the whole are good. The rate of adulteration is 3.7 per cent., which
is not unduly high, especially having regard to the natural tendency
to sample more often commodities and places where adulteration is
judged to be the more likely. The general standard of food sold in
the Borough is quite high.
I have the honour to remain,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) H. E. COX,
Borough Analyst.