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ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the work done in the Borough of Wandsworth under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, summarised from the statutoryquarterly
reports.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir and Gentlemen,
In presenting the Annual Statement of the work done under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, during the year 1911, it is in the
fisrt place my sad duty to record the death of the Public Analyst,
my father, Dr. John Muter, which occurred on December 19th.
From that date to the end of the year the work has been carried
on by me, and it is in my capacity as Public Analyst to the Borough
for the first three months of the present year that I have prepared
this statement
The total number of samples submitted by the Inspector
Number of
samples
submitted.
during tne year amounted to 927. Of these, 919
were taken with the formalities required by the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts; six were taken under the Merchandise
Marks Act, whilst the remaining two were procured informally.
It is a noteworthy fact that both these informal samples were
"Informal
samples.
iound to be adulterated, tne nrst, sold as butter,
proving to be entirely margarine; the second
bought as milk, proving to be a mixture of 42 parts of milk with
58 parts of water. Incidentally, this sample provided the most
gross case of adulteration met with during the year in relation to
the milk supply.
The statement following gives the result of analyses of all
articles submitted. In Table A will be found the details of the
articles grouped together in the main statement under the heading
"Drugs" and "Other Articles," whilst Tables B, C, and D give
details of all adulterated samples, and are further amplified in the
context.