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ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the work done in tne Borough of Wandsworth under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, summarised from the statutory
quarterly reports.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Meropolitan
Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir and Gentlemen,
In presenting this, my sixth annual report of the work performed
by me, with the assistance of Mr. C. A. Hackman, F.I.C.,
the additional analyst to the Borough, I should like to point out
that, whilst the statement has had to be considerably curtailed,
owing to the necessity for sparing paper in printing the report, the
analytical work on samples has been as thoroughly carried out as
in the past, with the sole exception that the shortage of glycerine
made it imperative for us in the national interests to refrain from
estimating the Boric Acid in samples of Butter submitted informally
during the latter half of the year. I venture to think, however
that this will not prove a serious omission, as during the last three
years it has been quite exceptional to examine butter sold in the