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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 ninth Annual Report, dealing
with the work carried out in the Borough Laboratory during the year 1932.
During the year 1,769 samples were submitted to me for examination,
these samples were made up as under :—
Foods 1,460
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1,546
Drugs 86
Public Health Department
151
Milk (for bacteriological examination)
38
Borough Engineer
24
Public Cleansing Officer
4
Private
4
Borough Electrical Engineer
1
Miscellaneous
1
1,769
The 1,546 samples of foods and drugs were purchased or taken by
Inspectors under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, and consisted of :—
Formal samples 934
Informal samples 612
1,546
Out of 934 formal samples 32 or 3.4 per cent, were adulterated and of
612 informal samples 16 or 2.6 per cent. were adulterated, making a total of
1,546 samples out of which 48 samples or 3.1 per cent. were adulterated.
Samples of milk taken for bacteriological examination and found to be
adulterated or chemically unsatisfactory are not included in the above totals.