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BOROUGH ANALYST'S REPORT.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my sixth Annual Report, dealing with
the work carried out in the Borough Laboratory during the year 1929.
During the year 1,609 samples were submitted to me for analysis, these
samples were made up as under:—
Foods 1,398
Drugs 139
1,537
Public Health Department 53
Borough Engineer 11
Borough Electrical Engineer 5
Private 3
1,609
The 1,537 samples of foods and drugs were purchased by Inspectors under
the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, and consisted of:—
Formal samples 951
Informal samples 586
1,537
Out of 951 formal samples 49 or 52 per cent. were adulterated, and
of 586 informal samples, 14 or 24 per cent. were adulterated, making a total
for the year of 1,537 samples, out of which 63 samples, or 4.1 per cent., were
adulterated.
Table A shows the nature of the samples taken under the Food and
Drugs (Adulteration) Act, and gives the numbers and percentages found to be
adulterated.