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ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of the Work done in the Borough of Wandsworth under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
To the Wandsworth Borough Council.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Herewith we have pleasure in submitting, for your information,
our Annual Report on the work carried out by us under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, etc., during 1924.
A total number of 2,000 samples was submitted by the
Council's Food Inspectors, one-half having been purchased with
the necessary formalities required by the Acts, and the remainder
procured informally.
During the year under review certain Regulations came into
force regarding the sale of Condensed and Dried Milk, and it is
satisfactory to note that of the 42 samples submitted, representing
many brands, not one was found that did not in every respect
comply with these Regulations.
Your attention is respectfully drawn to the small adulteration
detected in the many samples of Milk and Butter examined and
to the very satisfactory average composition of the Milks sold
in the Borough.
It is also a matter of congratulation that out of a total of
39 samples of Sponge Cakes submitted, one only was found to
contain Boric Acid as a consequence of having been made with
liquid eggs.
As Sponge Cakes often enter largely into the diet of young
children this is a most satisfactory state of things.
Whilst on the question of preservatives entering into the
diet of infants, we would emphasise the fact that not one of the
996 samples of Milk was found to contain any, and only one
sample was returned as coloured.
The most unusual adulteration detected during the year
occurred in two samples of Ground Carraway, where a large
excess of mineral matter was detected. This extraneous mineral
matter consisted of fine sand.