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98 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1936.
TABLE XXXVII
RESULT OF ANALYSES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF FOOD PROCURED
UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT,
1928, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE ADULTERATED IN 1936,
AS COMPARED WITH 1932, 1933, 1934 AND 19 5.
No. of
samples in 1936.
Percentage of Samples
adulterated, 1932-1935.
Examined.
Found adulterated
or not up
to standard
Percentage
adulterated
1932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
Butter
158
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cheese
30
—
—
—
9.0
—
—
Cocoa
18
—
—
—
13.3
—
—
Coffee and Coffee & Chicory
32
1
30
—
—
—
—
Confectionery and Jam
29
—
—
—
—
—
1.2
Cream
54
—
—
—
—
—
—
Margarine
15
—
—
—
4.3
—
—
Milk
987
7
.7
1.3
1.3
1.7
1.6
Separated Milk
1
—
—
—
—
—
33.3
Condensed Milk
14
—
—
—
—
—
—
Tea
13
—
—
—
—
12.5
—
Vinegar
9
2
22.2
5.7
—
—
18.0
Drugs
74
—
—
3.3
—
7.4
4.0
Other Articles
566
—
1.6
0.86
1.4
5.1
4.0
All Articles
2000
19
.95
1.40
1.4
2.65
2.3
The following Table gives the number of formal and informal
samples taken in each sub-district of the Borough and shows the
number taken per 1,000 of population, the number adulterated,
and the percentage of adulteration.