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Report of Borough Analyst for Year 1938.
During the year 1938, 601 samples were submitted to me for analysis in
accordance with the provisions of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928,
338 having been purchased with the required formalities and 263 informally.
Of this total 15 (2•5 per cent.) proved to be adulterated, seven being samples
submitted formally and eight informally.
In the previous year (1937) 1•8 per cent. of the samples were certified to be
"not genuine."
The adulterated articles consisted of milk, beer, cheese, jam, marmalade,
meat paste, sausages and sausage rolls.
Milk.—One hundred and sixty-one samples of milk were submitted for analysis
and four of these, 2•5 per cent., fell below the limits required by the Board of
Agriculture Begulations—3•0 per cent, of fat and 8•50 per cent, of non-fatty solids
and were accordingly certified to be adulterated.
The four samples referred to in the previous paragraph, all purchased formally,
were deficient in fat to the extent of at least 2•0 per cent., 3•0 per cent.,
5•0 per cent., and 6•0 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.