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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 tenth Annual Report, dealing
with the work carried out in the Borough Laboratory during the year 1933.
Certain statistics covering the completed period of ten years are given in
this Report.
During the year 1,645 samples were submitted to me for examination;
these samples were made up as under:—
Foods1,425}
Drugs 88 1,513
Public Health Department- 96
Milk (for bacteriological examination)- 20
Borough Engineer 11
Miscellaneous 4
Private 1
1,645
The 1,513 samples of foods and drugs were purchased or taken by
Inspectors under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, and consisted of:—
Formal samples 935
Informal samples 578
1,513
Out of 935 formal samples 28 or 3.0 percent. were adulterated and of
578 informal samples 9 or 1.6 percent. were adulterated, making a total of
1,513 samples out of which 37 samples or 2.4 percent. 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,
and the number of samples found to contain preservative.