[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough] page 70

Islington 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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1937 70
During the year 1937, in addition to the samples taken and submitted to the
Public Analyst, there was a total of 60 informal samples of various articles examined
by Inspector Lewis.

Table: Summary of visits in special work made by Mr. C. W. Lewis, the Food and Drugs Inspector:—

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Summary of visits in special work made by Mr. C. W. Lewis, the Food and Drugs Inspector:—

Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act	1,237
Merchandise Marks Act	760
Pharmacy and Poisons Act	888
Bacteriological samples and miscellaneous visits, calls, etc.	74
Total	2,959

Table: The greatest amount of detected adulteration occurred in the first quarter of the year, as shown by the figures given in the following statement:—

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The greatest amount of detected adulteration occurred in the first quarter of the year, as shown by the figures given in the following statement:—

	Examined.		Genuine.		Adulterated.		Per Cent.
	Formal.	Informal.	Formal.	Informal.	Formal.	Informal.	Adulterated
1st quarter	167	137	162	134	5	3	2.6
2nd ,,	168	173	165	170	3	3	1.8
3rd ,,	125	139	123	139	2	-	0.7
4th ,,	187	141	184	139	3	2	1.5
The Year	647	590	634	582	13	8	1.7

Table: Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the milk samples taken during the year are as follows:—

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Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the milk samples taken during the year are as follows:—

	No. of Samples.	Solids not Fat.	Fat.	Total Solids.p
Milk purchased on Sundays	78	8.66	3.55	12.52
Milk purchased on Weekdays	403	8.73	3.60	12.32
Milk procured in transit (Farmers' Milks)	78	8.85	3.57	12.55
Official Standard	—	8.50	3.00	11.5

Table: Sophistication of Milk.—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and in transit are as follows:—

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Sophistication of Milk.—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and in transit are as follows:—

	Number taken.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.
On Sundays	78	77	1	1.3
On Weekdays	403	401	2	0.5
In transit (Farmers' Milks)	78	78	—	—
	559	556	3	0.5

Table: Table giving the particulars of the Milks taken during each quarter of 1937 on Sundays, Week-days, and in transit (Farmers' Milks).

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Table giving the particulars of the Milks taken during each quarter of 1937 on Sundays, Week-days, and in transit (Farmers' Milks).

1936.	No. of Samples Taken.				Genuine.				Adulterated.				Per cent. Adulterated.
Quarters.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.	Sundays.	Weekdays.	In transit.	All Milks.
1st Quarter	22	109	13	144	21	108	13	142	1	1	—	2	4.54	0.92	—	1.39
2nd ,,	21	92	37	150	21	92	37	150	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd ,,	17	68	20	105	17	67	20	104	—	1	—	1	—	1.47	—	0.96
4th „	18	134	8	160	18	134	8	160
The Year	78	403	78	559	77	401	78	556	1	2	—	3	1.28	0.50	—	0.50

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Table: Summary of visits in special work made by Mr. C. W. Lewis, the Food and Drugs Inspector:—

Table: The greatest amount of detected adulteration occurred in the first quarter of the year, as shown by the figures given in the following statement:—

Table: Milk.—The qualitative results of the Analyses of the milk samples taken during the year are as follows:—

Table: Sophistication of Milk.—The particulars as to the genuineness or otherwise of the samples procured or purchased on Sundays, Weekdays, and in transit are as follows:—

Table: Table giving the particulars of the Milks taken during each quarter of 1937 on Sundays, Week-days, and in transit (Farmers' Milks).