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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my eighth Annual Report, dealing
with the work carried out in the Borough Laboratory during the year 1931.
Public
Analyst's
Report.
During the year 1,707 samples were submitted to me for examination,
these samples were made up as under:—
Foods1,458
Drugs 91 }1,549
Public Health Department 77
Milk (for bacteriological examination) 46
Borough Engineer 30
Private 3
Borough Electrical Engineer 1
Miscellaneous 1
1,707
The 1,549 samples of foods and drugs were purchased or taken by
Inspectors under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, and consisted of:—
Formal samples 891
Informal samples 597 }1,488
Milk (appeal to cow) 43
Milk (cowshed samples) 18
1,549
Out of 891 formal samples 33 or 3.7 per cent, were adulterated and of
597 informal samples 10 or 1.7 per cent. were adulterated, making a total of
1,488 samples out of which 43 samples or 2.9 per cent. were adulterated.