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Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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year, making a total of 85 butchers' premises carrying on business at
the end of the year.
All butchers' shops in the Borough are systematically inspected,
and, in the main, they are well kept and provided with cold storage
facilities. During the year 1,170 inspections of these premises were
carried out by the Council's food inspector.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
The total number of samples taken under these Acts during
1922 was 961.
Of this number 77 (i.e., 8 per cent.) were certified by the Public
Analyst to be adulterated.
The following table gives details of the articles of which samples
were obtained for purposes of analysis:-
F ormal S amples taken during W hole Y ear.
| Description of Article. | Total No. taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Inferior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baking Powder | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Butter | 54 | 52 | - | 2 |
| Cheese | 20 | 20 | - | — |
| Cocoa | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| Coffee | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Cream | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| „ (preserved) | 17 | 4 | 13 | - |
| Lard | 16 | 16 | - | - |
| Margarine | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| Milk | 726 | 690 | 36 | - |
| „ (separated) | 15 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Olive Oil | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| Pepper | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Preserved Meats, &c. | 24 | 22 | 2 | - |
| Rice | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Sausages | 20 | 2 | 18 | - |
| Vinegar | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| Totals | 961 | 880 | 77 | 4 |
Informal Samples.
In addition to the foregoing, 139 informal samples were purchased.
Of this number 11 (i.e., 7.9 per cent.) were reported by
the Public Analyst to be adulterated. It will be noted that there