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Marylebone 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1930.The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,103 : an increase as compared with the samples for 1929, the number for that year being 1,040. A complete list is as follows :—

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1930.

The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,103 : an increase as compared with the samples for 1929, the number for that year being 1,040. A complete list is as follows :—

ANALYSES
No.ArticleNumber ExaminedNumber Adulterated, etc.
FormalInformalPrivateTotalFormalInformalPrivateTotal
1Arrowroot–3_3
2Black Treacle–6–666
3Brandy–1–1
4Butter23140116411
5„ and Roll–5–5
6Cheese–40–40
7„ Creain–2–2
8Chewing Gum–1–1
9Cocoa–17–17
10Coffee–71–71
11Cream24––24
12„ Bun–1–1
13„ Eclair–1–1
14„ Tinued–8–8
15Currants–11–11
16Distilled Water–2–2
17Dripping–12–12
18Eggs–1–1
19Egg Powder–2–2
20Flour–1–1
21„ Self-Raising–33
22Glace Cherries–3–3
23Glucose–3–3
24Honey–8–8
25Jam–35–35
26Laid–83–83
27Lemonade Powder–15–15
28Margarine–8–8
29Marmalade–17_17
30Milk22244–26633
31„ Condensed–20–20
32Mincemeat–2_2
33Mustard–23–23
34„ Pickles3–3
35Oatmeal ..–3–3
36Ointment, Boric–23–23
37„ Sulphur–6–6
38„ Zinc–9–9
39Olive Oil–6–6
40Paste, Fish–13–13
41„ Meat–9–9
42Peas, Tinned–4–4
43Pepper–7–7
44Pickles–2–2
45Phosphoric Quinine–1–1
46Prunes–2–2*
47Raisins–3–3
48Rice–4–4
49Rum–5–533
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