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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In conclusion, we think it a matter of congratulation to the
Borough that the percentage of adulteration for all samples
continues low. In this connection it should be noted that, were
it not for a regulation of the Milk Order (1920) forbidding the
colouring of milk, the percentage adulteration of the formal
samples would have been appreciably lower than the figure reported
: namely, 7.5 per cent. In previous years the presence of
a trace of colouring in milk would not, under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts, have been deemed an adulteration ; and in comparing
the annual returns, this fact must be taken into consideration.
Exclusive of these coloured milks, the percentage adulteration
for all formal samples would have been 6.2 per cent.
We are, Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
A. H. M. MUTER, f.i.c.,
Public Analyst.
CHARLES A. HACKMAN, f.i.c.,
Additional Public Analyst.
The Laboratories,
325, Kennington Road, S.E. 11.