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ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
The following table shows the number and results of analysis made during the year:-
No. of Samples. Genuine. Adulterated. Milk 60 56 1 Beer 6 6 0 Brandy 6 3 ~N~ Gin 2 2 AN Port Wine.... 4 Rum 7 1 Sherry Whisky 8 2The milk samples were submitted for analysis by the Sanitary Department and the others by the Police.
Two prosecutions for selling milk reported to fall below the legal standard were undertaken. One case failed and in the other the vendor absconded.
J. T. C. JOHNSON, F.R.C.S. (Ed.), D.T.M. (Camb.),
• Principal Civil Medical Officer.
W. W. PEARSE, M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health.