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During 1913, 1,055 informal samples (139 adulterated)
were taken by the Inspector, in addition to the 800 formal
samples (80 adulterated), making a total of 1855 samples,
of which 219 (t.e, 11.8 per cent.) were reported by the
analyst to be adulterated, varying quarterly as follows :—
1st quarter, 13.4 per cent., 2nd, 11.6 per cent., 3rd, 10.9
percent, and 4th, 11.5 percent.
Particulars of the 1,855 articles submitted by the Food
and Drugs Inspector during 1913 are as follow:—
(a) Mjlk.
1. Formal Samples.
477 samples were taken, and of these 50 (i.e., 10.5 per
cent.) were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated. Of
the 477 samples, 2 were separated milk (none adulterated),
1 was skim milk (not adulterated), and 474 were ordinary
milks (50 adulterated). These 50 adulterations were as
follows:—
(1) Extraneous water 24, varying from a minimum 1
to a maximum 45 per cent., viz., 1, 2, 2, 2 3, 3,
5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13, 1,3, 14, 21,
37 and 45 respectively.
(2) Deficiency in milk-fat 23 varying from a minimum
2 to a maximum 37 per cent., viz. : 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 12, 19, 30
and 37 respectively.
(3) Extraneous water and deficiency in milk-fat (3),
viz., 5 and 3, 6 and 17, 15 and 6 per cent., respectively.
In 23 cases, no summonses were taken out for the
following reasons:— , ,
(1) Amounts of adulteration being too small (21),
viz. : (a) extraneous water, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4,