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Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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FOOD AND DRUGS—ADULTERATION, ETC.
During the year, one thousand articles of food and drugs were purchased by Inspector
Gammack in his capacity as sampling officer and were submitted to the Public Analyst for
analysis.
The samples were taken under the Food and: Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and other
Acts, Regulations and Orders relating to foodstuffs.
Of these, 26 or 2.6% were adversely reported upon and full details of the adulterated
samples will be found in Table 18 (milk) and Table 24 (other articles).
The usual practice of reporting all adulterated samples to the Public Health Committee
was continued during 1936 and the appropriate action taken.
In the table which follows will be found details of the number and percentage ot
adulterated samples of all articles of food during the years 1928 to 1936 inclusive.
TABLE 23.
| Year. | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1930 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. examined | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,001 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
| No. adulterated | 31 | 44 | 40 | 22 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 40 | 26 |
| Percentage of adulteration | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.89 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3 .99 | 2 .6 |
During 1936, one sample of tinned crab and one of tinned salmon were purchased by the
Sampling Officer and submitted to the Clinical Research Association for examination for the
presence of organisms of the food poisoning (Salmonella) group, but in neither sample were food
poisoning or other micro-organisms of importance found.
PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK) REGULATIONS, 1923 & 1927 AND
PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK) REGULATIONS, 1923 & 1927.
Ten samples of condensed milk were purchased during 1936 and in all cases the milk,
labelling of tins, etc, were in accordance with the Regulations.