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92
ANNUAL STATEMENT
of the work done in the Borough of Wandsworth under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
During the year ended 31st December, 1926, we have examined,
under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and various food
Orders, a total number of two thousand samples, all of which
were submitted by Mr. Newell, the Council's Food Inspector,
one-half of them having been taken with the necessary formalities
required by the Acts and the remaining half procured informally.
The following statement shows the nature of the samples
examined with the number of those returned as adulterated or
not up to legal standard; the details of Drugs and "Other
Articles" following.