[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.

  • West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Analyst s Report, To the Chairman and Members of the Sanitary Committee, County Borough of West Bromwich. Gentlemen, I beg to report that during tlie year ended December 31st, 1904, 141 samples of foods and drugs were received for analysis under the Food and Drugs Acts. The whole of the samples were submitted to me by the Inspector appointed to- administer the Acts. In the appended table particulars are given of the natqre of the articles analysed, and they are also divided into three classes, accordingly as I found them to be : — (1) Genuine and of good quality. (2) Genuine, complying with the- necessarily low limits, but of poor quality. (3) Adulterated. Description of Article. Total Number of Samples Genuine Samples. Genuine but Inferior Samples. Adul¬ terated Samples. Milk 64 51 11 2 Skim Milk ... 1 1 Butter 39 39 Cheese 1 1 Lard 1 1 Pepper 8 8 Cream of Tartar 3 2 1 Ground Ginger 1 . • • 1 Glycerine 1 1 Camphorated Oil 1 1 Coffee 4 4 Coffee Mixture 1 1 Compound Liquorice Powder ... 1 1 Spirits 15 14 1 141 125 12 4 The number of adulterated samples is 4, which represents a percentage of 2.8, and this is the most favour¬ able figure that I have so far recorded.
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