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to be adulterated; whilst the annual average number of
summonses issued is 53, with 52 convictions, and £104
5s. 5d. in penalties, and £35 0s. 3d. in costs. In the
Borough, 710, 704, 1010, 1200, 1500, 1500, 1800, 1800,
1800 and 1800 samples were taken during 1901, 1902, 1903,
1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910 respectively.
During 1910, no samples were submitted to the Public
Analyst by private purchasers, but 2 informal samples of
german sausage (both adulterated) were taken by the Inspector.
Particulars of the 1800 articles submitted by the Food and
Drugs Inspector during 1910 are as follow:—
(a) Milk.
661 samples were taken, and of these 50 (i.e., 7.6 per
cent.) were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated. 1 of
the samples was purchased as "skimmed" (genuine), and
1 as "separated" (genuine). The 50 adulterations were as
follows:—
(1) Extraneous water (16) varying from a minimum
2 to a maximum 42.5 per cent., viz. : 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5,
5, 5, 5, 6, 9, 13, 16, 18, 24 and 42.5 respectively.
(2) Deficiency in milk-fat (32) varying from a
minimum 3 to a maximum 29 per cent., viz. : 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8,
8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23,
29 and 29 respectively.
(3) Extraneous water and deficiency in milk fat (2),
viz. : 3 and 9 per cent. in each sample of milk.
In 15 cases, no summonses were taken out on account of
the amounts of adulteration being too small, viz. : (a)
extraneous water, 2, 3, and 3 per cents. respectively; (b)