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TABLE 26—SAMPLES ANALYSED, 1937.
Article.
Number of Samples.
Total
Samples
Analysed.
Total
Samples
Adulterated.
Percentage
of
Adulteration.
Taken
Formally.
Adulterated.
Taken
Informally.
Adulterated.
Milk
563
2
7
—
570
2
.35
Milk (Skimmed)
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
Milk (Condensed)
—
—
10
—
10
—
—
Cream .
3
—
5
—
8
—
—
Butter .
53
—
8
—
61
—
—
Bread and Butter
1
1
7
1
8
2
250
Barley
—
—
4
—
4
—
—
Beers
15
—
—
—
15
—
—
Cheese .
10
—
1
—
11
—
—
Cocoa .
—
—
2
—
2
—
—
Coffee
—
—
4
—
4
—
—
Confectionery .
13
—
—
—
13
—
—
Cornflour
—
—
9
—
9
—
—
Dripping
7
2
—
—
7
2
28-5
Fish Paste
—
—
2
—
2
—
—
Fish (Potted) .
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
Flour
—
—
4
—
4
—
—
Flour (Self-raising)
—
—
4
—
4
—
—
Fruit Cordials .
7
—
1
—
8
—
—
Fruit (Dried) .
19
—
2
—
21
—
—
Gelatine
—
—
2
—
2
—
—
Ground Almonds
7
—
—
—
7
—
—
Ground Ginger.
2
—
—
—
2
—
—
Jelly
—
—
3
—
3
—
—
Lard
7
—
1
—
8
—
'—
Lemonade Powder
9
8
—
—
9
8
88.8
Margarine
19
—
—
—
19
—
—
Meat Pies
4
—
1
—
5
—
—
Meat Paste
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
Mincemeat
5
—
—
—
5
—
—
Pepper .
3
—
—
—
3
—
—
Pepper (Cayenne)
4
—
—
—
4
—
—
Rice
12
—
5
—
17
—
—
Sago
—
—
6
—
6
—
—
Sausages
16
1
3
—
19
1
5-25
Sausages (Preserved) .
1
—
1
—
2
—
—
Suet
5
—
—
—
5
—
—
Sugar
8
——
—
—
8
—
—
Sugar (Demerara)
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
Tea
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
Tea (Green)
—
—
2
—
2
—
—
Tapioca.
—
—
4
—
4
—
—
Vegetables (Dried)
10
3
5
—
15
3
20.0
Vinegar
14
6
—
—
14
6
42.8
Vinegar (Artificial)
4
1
—
—
4
1
25.0
Wine
4
—
2
—
6
—
—
Wine (Non-alcoholic) .
7
—
—
—
7
—
—
Brandy .
2
—
—
—
2
—
—
Gin
2
—
_
—
2
—
—
Rum
4
1
r
—
4
1
25.0
Whisky.
5
2
—
—
5
2
40.0
Basilicon Ointment
—
2
—
2
—
—
Bile Ovals
—
1
—
1
—
—
Camphorated Oil
—
—
7
—
7
—
—
Carbolic Ointment
1
4
—
5
—
—
Cascara Tablets
—
__
1
1
—
—
Epsom Salts
—
—
4
—
4
—
—
Glauber's Salt .
—
—
4
1
4
1
25.0
Liquorice Powder
—
—
5
—
5
—
—
Parrish's Food.
2
_
2
—
4
—
—
Sulphur Ointment
2
-
-
2
—
—
Yeast Extract .
—
1
1
1
1
100.0
Zinc Ointment.
3
—
6
—
9
—
—
Totals .
857
27
143
3
1,000
30
3.0