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Report of Acting Public Analyst, Wm. Partridge,
F.I.C., for Six Months ended 31st December, 1932.
During the period named 549 samples of food and
drugs were submitted for analysis by officials having the
powers of sampling officers for the Metropolitan Borough
of Fulliam. This fotal was constituted as follows
Milk 282, Skimmed milk 1, Condensed Skimmed milk
(sweetened) 5, Cream 13, Butter 78, Margarine 22,
Cheese 9, Lard 13, Dripping 3, Shredded Suet 3, Bread
(j, Flour 3, Sago 1, Custard powder 2, Sponge cake 3,
Pepper 6, Cayenne pepper 6, Pepper compound 1,
Mustard 1, Vinegar 2, Malt vinegar 1, Sugar 4, Icing
sugar 3, Honey 2, Jam 4, Tea 3, Coffee 1, Coffee and
chicory 2, Coffee extract with chicory 3, Cocoa 2,
Whisky 5, Brandy 3, Gin 2, Non-alcoholic wines 3,
Lime juice cordial 1, Lemon squash 3, Lemonade
powder 1, Table jelly 2, Mincemeat 3, Dried fruit 6,
Glace cherries 3, Confectionery 6, Preserved sausages 2,
Meat pies 4, Fish paste 2, Tinned peas 3, Tinned beans
4, Gravy thickening 1, Compound syrup of figs 2,
California syrup of figs 1, Olive oii 2, Castor oil 2,
Camphorated oil 1, Sal volatile 1, Tincture of iodine 1.
The varieties of articles in this table number 55,
showing a wide range to have been covered, which in a
lull year would be still further enlarged. In the desire
to use the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 to
the fullest advantage both from the aspects of effect on
health, protection against poison, and nutrition of consumers,
every month some fresh item, after due consider-
ation, is investigated, so that it rests at this : that no
article considered by the Medical Officer of Health and
myself (the Public Analyst) as requiring analysis is
overlooked in our scheme. The slightest inference that
the Act can be of use in our Borough in any way is
promptly followed up; commonly a simple and innocent
explanation of any anxiety follows, but in other cases
the Medical Officer of Health is provided with information
which means better health and greater benefit for
Fulliam.