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107.
Report by the Public Analyst (Mr. Cecil H. Cribb,
B.Sc. (Loud.), F.I.C.).
Out of the thousand samples taken during the year
1929, 44 or 1.4 per cent. were adulterated or not up to
standard.
Throughout England and Wales during 1928 (the
latest statistics available) the percentage of adulteration
was 5.8 while for the Metropolis the figure was only
3.5 per cent., the individual Boroughs varying from
0.37 in Chelsea to 11.0 in Poplar.
In Fulhain during the year (Annual Report of the
Ministry of Health, 1928-29) 6.33 samples were taken
for every thousand of the population. For the Metropolis
as a whole, 8.98 were taken, the figure varying for the
separate Boroughs from 3.37 in Stoke Newington to
72.94 for the City of London.
The following table shows the number of " Official "
and "Unofficial" samples taken during 1929, together
with the number found to be adulterated or below the
standard:—