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Acton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928.
Analyses of 800 samples have been made under this Act, of which 347 were forma and 453 informal. Of the formal, 332 proved to be genuine, and 15, or 4.3 per cent., adulterated; and of the informal, 437 were genuine and 16, or 3.5 per cent., adulterated.
| Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Almonds (ground) | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
| Anchovies (bottled) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| ,, (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Apricots (dried) | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Arrowroot | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Aspirins | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Bacon | - | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Beans, Baked (canned) | - | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Beef | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Bisto | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | — |
| Brawn | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | — |
| ,, (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | — |
| Bread (brown) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| ,, (white) | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | — |
| Butter | — | 50 | _ | 50 | - | — |
| Cake, sponge | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Carrots (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cheese | — | 6 | — | 0 | - | — |
| Chocolate | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | — |
| Cocoa | — | 4 | - | 4 | — | — |
| Cocoanut, dessicated | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Coffee | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Cookeen | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | — |
| Cornflour | — | 2 | - | 2 | — | — |
| Crab (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cream | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| ,, (canned) | - | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Cube, black currant | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| „ orangeade | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cucumber, pickled | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Currants | — | 10 | — | 10 | — | — |
| Doughnut | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dripping | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Essence (lemon) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Faggott | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Figs (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Flour, bun | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| ,, cake | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| ,, (self-raising) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fruit (dried) | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| „ mixed (dried) | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Ginger (ground) | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Glycerine, Lemon and Ipecacuanha | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Grape Fruit (canned) | — | 2 | - | 2 | — | — |
| Haricot Babbit (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Herrings (canned) | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Honey | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Jam | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
| „ (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Jelly | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| ,, Mint | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Carried forward | 3 | 157 | 3 | 157 | — | - |