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106 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
of extraneous water detected in any of the Milk samples was
as low as three per cent.
In no single article of food was any preservative found to
be present (where permitted) in quantities in excess of the
permissible limit, nor was any sample found to be preserved
in which such preservation was prohibited.
Out of a total of 171 samples of Cream only one was proved
to be artificially manufactured.
Below will be found the nature of the samples submitted
together with the results of our analyses, the details of Drugs
and "Other Articles" being set out in Tables following.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
Nature of
Sample.
Examined.
Adulterated.
Formal.
Informal.
Total.
Formal.
Informal.
Total.
Bread
-
6
6
-
-
-
Butter
7
410
417
3
4
7
Cheese
—
6
6
—
—
-
Coffee
-
8
8
—
—
-
Confectionery
and Jam
-
1
1
-
-
-
Cream
1
171
172
1
—
1
Flour
-
4
4
—
—
—
Flour, Self-raising
-
4
4
—
—
—
Margarine
-
24
24
—
—
—
Milk
836
3
839
13
1
14
Milk Condensed
(Full Cream)
-
9
9
-
-
-
Milk, Condensed
(Machine
Skimmed)
-
9
9
-
-
-
Milk, Dried
(Humanised)
-
1
1
-
-
-
Milk, Evaporated
—
1
1
-
—
-
Mustard
—
3
3
-
—
-
Sugar
—
6
6
-
—
-
Tea
—
14
14
-
—
—
Vinegar
1
26
27
-
1
1
Vinegar, Malt
1
1
2
-
—
-
Drugs
—
42
42
-
1
1
Other Articles
9
396
405
2
12
14
Total
855
1,145
2,000
19
19
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