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Wandsworth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Food and Food Tremises.
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TABLE XXXVIII.
RESULT OF ANALYSES OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF FOOD PROCURED UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE ADULTERATED IN 1938, AS COMPARED WITH 1933, 1931, 1935, 1936 AND 1937.
| No. of samples in 1938. | Percentage of Samples adulterated, 1934-1937. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Found adulterated or not up to standard | Percentage adulterated | 1931. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | |
| Butter | 145 | 1 | .68 | — | — | — | .57 |
| Cheese | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coffee and Coffee & Chicory | 19 | — | — | — | — | 3.0 | — |
| Confectionery and Jam | 18 | — | — | — | 1.2 | — | — |
| Cream | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Margarine | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 1013 | 46 | 4.54 | 1.7 | 1.6 | .7 | 1.19 |
| Separated Milk | — | — | — | — | 33.3 | — | — |
| Condensed Milk | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tea | 23 | — | — | 12.5 | - | - | -— |
| Vinegar | 8 | — | — | — | 18.0 | 22.2 | — |
| Drugs | 102 | 3 | 2.94 | 7.4 | 4.0 | — | 5.88 |
| Other Articles | 543 | 3 | .55 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.85 |
| All Articles | 2002 | 53 | 2.64 | 2.65 | 2.3 | .95 | 1.4 |
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.