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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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ARTIFICIAL CREAM ACT 1929
PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK) REGULATIONS 1923-1927
(DRIED MILK).
No Samples under the above Regulations were purchased during
1930.
Artificial Cream and Dried Milk do not appear to be on sale in the
retail shops in the Borough.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
During the year ending December 27th, 1,357 "official" samples
were taken by the Inspector.
The following Table shows the localities in which these samples
were taken:—
TABLE 34.
Showing the number of samples taken in each Ward of the
Borough during the year.
St. Mary's
Ward.
St. Paul's
Ward.
St. Peter's
District.
St. John's
District.
Trinity
Ward.
All Saints'
District.
St. Michael's
Ward.
St. Jude's
Ward.
St. George's
Ward.
Christchurch
Ward.
St. Saviour's
Ward.
Total.
Number of
samples taken
143
132
139
151
122
142
138
128
141
54
67
1357
16 of those samples were certified as adulterated, a percentage of
12 as compared with 1.5 in 1929.
Particulars of the samples taken together with the results of the
analyses are given in table 36.