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Report of Borough Analyst for Year 1937.
During the year 1937 , 600 samples were submitted to me for analysis in
accordance with the provisions of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928,
378 having been purchased with the required formalities and 222 informally.
Of this total 11 (1.8 per cent.) proved to be adulterated, six being samples
submitted formally and five informally.
In the previous year (1936) 2.2 per cent. of the samples were certified to be
" not genuine."
The adulterated articles consisted of milk, cheese, sardines, sild and whisky.
Milk.—Two hundred and twelve samples of milk were submitted for analysis
and six of these, 2.8 per cent., fell below the limits required by the Board of
Agriculture Regulations—3.0 per cent. of fat and 8.50 per cent. of non-fatty solids
-and were accordingly certified to be adulterated.
Two of these samples, one purchased formally and one informally, had been
diluted with water to the extent of at least 2.2 per cent. and 17.8 per cent.
respectively. Four others, all purchased formally, were deficient in fat to the
extent of at least 2.6 per cent., 6.6 per cent., 200 per cent. and 43-3 per cent.
respectively. Two tables which have been prepared by the Public Health Department
from the returns of the Borough Analyst afford valuable information
concerning the places from which samples were purchased and the monthly
variation in the chemical composition of the milk supply of the Borough.