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Wandsworth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Public Analysts' Annual Report.
To the Wandsworth Borough Council.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Herewith we have pleasure in submitting our annual Report
on work performed in this laboratory for your Council under the
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 during the year ended
31st December, 1936.
All of the samples mentioned in this report were submitted
for analysis by your Council's Food Inspectors and were taken either
formally or informally as shown in the following statement which
also shows the nature of the samples examined with the result of
analyses, the details of Drugs and "Other Articles" being given
subsequently.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
| Nature of Sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Butter | — | 158 | 158 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — |
| Cheese, Wrapped | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | — | 18 | 18 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | — | 13 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery | — | 13 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Cream | — | 47 | 47 | — | — | — |
| Cream, Tinned | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Flour | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Flour, Self-raising | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Jam and Marmalade | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Lard | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — |
| Margarine | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 986 | 1 | 987 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Milk, Separated | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Milk, Condensed | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| (Machine Skimmed) Milk, Condensed (Full Cream) | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Sugar | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
| Tea | — | 13 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wine | — | 11 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Spirits (Whisky) | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Drugs | — | 74 | 74 | — | — | — |
| Other Articles | 6 | 522 | 528 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Total | 1001 | 999 | 2000 | 10 | 9 | 19 |