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PURCHASE OF SAMPLES BY DEPUTY.—The system
of purchasing by deputy has been continued, and of the 509
samples, 247 or 48.53 per cent., were so purchased.
Amongst those purchased by deputy, or taken in course
of delivery, the percentage of adulteration was 9.1, whilst of
those taken directly by the inspectors amounted to 5.8 per cent.
One must not lose sight of the fact, however, that a deputy is
used wherever practicable, and that the majority of the samples
purchased by the inspectors without assistance were milk from
street vendors, where it is not convenient to employ a deputy.
MILK.—Of the 278 samples submitted, 20, or 7'19 per
cent., were adulterated or below the standard fixed by the Board
of Agriculture. This result compares favourably with the two
previous years, when the adulterated samples were 10.8 per cent,
in 1904 and 17.41 per cent, in 1903.
Table D shows a continued diminution of adulteration
with regard to the milk supply of the Borough, and I think it is
a matter for congratulation that the percentage of adulteration
should have diminished from 20.61 per cent, in 1902, to 7'19 per
cent, in the year under review.
Sunday Samples.—Twenty.eight samples were purchased
on Sundays and six on Bank Holidays, of which four were
adulterated (See Nos. 210, 211, 280 and 290, Table G). In two
cases out of the four the adulteration was sufficient to warrant
prosecution.
Samples on Delivery.—Thirty.nine samples were taken
in course of delivery, as follows:—
From Public Institutions:—Lewisham Union Infirmary
and Workhouse, 2 (1 adulterated—See Table G, No. 424); Park
Hospital, 2; Home for Sick Children, 2; All Saints' Orphanage,
1.