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Wandsworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Analysts' Annual Report.
The nature and extent of the adulteration detected in the Formal samples submitted is shown in the following table
| No. | Nature of Sample. | Nature of Report. |
|---|---|---|
| 508 | Milk | 15 % Fat deficient. |
| 9 | Ditto | 3½ % Extraneous water |
| 535 | Ditto | 7 % Fat deficient. |
| 50 | Ditto | 16 % ditto |
| 55 | Rochelle Salts | 100 % Sodium Tartrate. |
| 152 | Milk | 4 % Extraneous water. |
| 167 | Ditto | 10 % ditto |
| 693 | Ditto | 3½ % ditto |
| 696 | Ditto | 7 % ditto |
| 697 | Ditto | 7 % ditto |
| 181 | Ditto | 2 % ditto |
| 258 | Ditto | 2 % ditto |
| 291 | Ditto | 2 % ditto |
| 325 | Ditto | 1½ % ditto |
| 353 | Ditto | 2½ % ditto |
| 360 | Ditto | 1½ % ditto |
| 362 | Ditto | 2½ % ditto |
| 365 | Ditto | 2½ % ditto |
| 367 | Ditto | 3 % ditto |
| 368 | Ditto | 2 % ditto |
| 369 | Ditto | 7 % ditto |
| 372 | Ditto | 4½ % ditto |
| 387 | Ditto | 1½ % ditto |
| 401 | Ditto | 1½ % ditto |
| 402 | Ditto | 2 % ditto |
| 450 | Ditto | 3½ % ditto |
| 470 | Ditto | 16 % Fat deficient. |
| 812 | Butter | 30 % Margarine. |
| 964 | Milk | 4 % Fat deficient. |
| 994 | Ditto | 4 % ditto |
| 995 | Apples | 1-200 grain Arsenic per lb. |
| 996 | Ditto | 1-500 grain ditto |
| 997 | Ditto | 1-100 grain ditto |
| 998 | Ditto | 1-200 grain ditto |
| 999 | Ditto | 1-200 grain ditto |
| 1000 | Ditto | 1-200 grain ditto |
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