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West Ham 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Under these Acts 1,219 samples were purchased for analysis, and
107 were returned by the Public Analyst as adulterated, the number
of samples taken being at the rate of 4.3 per 1,000 of the census
population. In London the samples taken during the year 1906
were at the rate of 4.9 per 1,000, and in the rest of England at the
rate of 2.4 per 1,000. I applied for summonses in 77 cases, at the
hearing of which fines and costs amounting to £201 3s. 0d. were imposed.

The particulars of these will be found in the appendix.

Adulterated.Genuine.Total.
Milk73651724
Butter29363392
Margarine77
Cheese99
Lard123
Pepper1414
Coffee44751
Mustard1212
Rum55
Gin11
Whisky11
1071,1121,219