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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST TO THE GOVERNMENT
OF MADRAS FOR THE YEAR 1ST OCTOBER 1930
TO 30TH SEPTEMBER 1931.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE,
GUINDY.

(Called for by G.O. No. 142, P.H., dated 22nd January 1930, and G.O. Mis. No. 2516, P.H., dated 8th October 1930.)

I have the honour to report that during the period of 1st October 1930 to 30th
September 1931, 2091 samples were submitted to me for analysis in my capacity
as Public Analyst. Of these 1,777 were submitted under the Prevention of
Adulteration Act by local bodies, four were submitted by local bodies not working
the Act, and 310 consisted of miscellaneous foods and drugs submitted by various
Government hospitals and institutions.

Samples under the Prevention of Adulteration Act.—The distribution and
nature of the samples are shown in Chart A.

CHART A.

Number.	Name of place.		Total samples.			Total adulterated.	Per cent adulterated.	Ghee.						Milk.						Tea.						Coffee.

								Total.		Adulterated.		Per cent adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Per cent adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Per cent adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Per cent adulterated.
(1)	(2)		(3)			(4)	(5)	(6)		(7)		(8)		(9)		(10)		(11)		(12)		(13)		(14)		(15)		(16)		(17)
1	Madras City		883			465	53	424		303		71		63		24		38		137		23		17		116		93		80
2	Calicut		59			17	29	13		6		46		7		4		57		31		7		22		2
3	Coimbatore		77			38	49	20		6		30		17		15		88		16		9		56		3		3		100
4	Kumbakonam.		56			37	60	8		4		50								11		8		72		19		19		100
5	Madura		125			15	12	50		2		4		55		7		13		5		2		40		4		4		100
6	Mangalore		19			6	31	4		1		25		2						10		5		50
7	Mettupalaiyam		15			8	53	3		2		67		5		2		40		3		2		67		3		3		100
8	Nellore		11			4	36	11		4		36
9	Ootacamund		74			12	16	13						5		4		80		10		3		30		2
10	Rajahmundry.		101			26	26	82		25		30		2
11	Tellicherry		37			10	27	4		2		50		5		2		40		19		3		16
12	Trichinopoly		102			29	28	9						27		17		63		7		2		28
13	Virudhunagar.		40			21	52													14		9		64		15		10		67
14	Vizagapatam.		178			82	48	51		13		25		74		53		72		4						17		7		41
	Total		1,777			770	43	692		368		53		262		128		49		267		72		27		181		139		77
Number.		Name of place.		Butter.					Gingelly oil.						Coconut oil.				Groundnut oil.				Bread.				Flour.			Broken or otherwise defective.
				Total.	Adulterated.		Per cent adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Per cent adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.		Total.		Adulterated.
				(18)	(19)		(20)		(21)		(22)		(23)		(24)		(25)		(26)		(27)		(28)		(29)		(30)		(31)	(32)
1		Madras City		43	10		23		100		12		12
2		Calicut							4																					2
3		Coimbatore		3					10		5		50		2															6
4		Kumbakonam.		1					17		6		35
5		Madura							3																					8
6		Mangalore																					3
7		Metupalaiyam																												1
8		Nellore
9		Ootacamund		14					7		5		71		1				3				5				6			8
10		Rajahmundry.							6		1		17																	11
11		Tllicherry.							7		3		43										1							1
12		Trichinopoly.		10	2		20		46		8		17																	3
13		Viradhunagar.							8		2		25																	3
14		Vizagapatam.		5	1		20		10		8		80																	17
		Total		76	13		17		218		50		23		3				3				9				6			60