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The number of samples examined was in the ra???o of 4.8 per 1000 of
the population, as compared with an average of 8.8 per 1,000 for the
London Boroughs, and 3.3 per 1,000 for the whole of England and Wales
during 1927.
As mentioned in last year's report, the proportion of adulterated
samples is steadily increasing and for some time past the percentage has
been the highest in the London area.
It would be a mistake to consider this an indication that there is
more actual adulterated food in Poplar than in other London Boroughs.
The most probable explanation is, that owing to the vigilance of the
Inspectors and the increasing practice of concentrating attention on those
articles of food found by experience to be below normal in quality, the
proportion of adulterated samples found is relatively high.
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