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(c) Coffee.
87 samples were taken, and of these 9 (i.e., 10.3 per cent.)
were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated with added
chicory, varying in amount from a minimum 30 to a maximum
70 per cent, respectively. No action was taken in one case on
account of the wrapper (in which the mixture was sold) being
marked, and of the 8 summonses taken out, convictions were
obtained in 6, with penalties varying in amount from 10s. (with
12s. 6d. costs) to 20s. (with 12s. 6d. costs); whilst the summonses
were dismissed in 2 (marked wrapper being proved in the one,
and absence of intent to defraud in the other).
The total fines amounted to _£3 7s. 3d., with £3 11s. 6d.
costs.
(d) Sausages.
2 samples of sausages were declared by the Analyst to be
adulterated with 20 and 25 grains of crystalised boracic acid
per lb. respectively.
The other samples of Food and Drugs (346 in number) taken
by the Inspector were declared by the Analyst to be unadulterated.
The expenses connected with the carrying out of the Food and
Drugs Acts in Lambeth Borough during 1904 amounted to
£89 19s. l0d.—consisting of £28 18s. 9d. for samples,
£22 4s. 0d. for Assistant (Deputy), £4 15s. 6d. for
Witnesses, £4 0s. 6d. for Collecting Evidence, £26 17s. 0d.
for Travelling Expenses, and £3 4s. 1d. for Sundries. The
salary of the Food and Drugs Inspector (£120 rising by £10
annual increases to £200), and the cost of the summonses
(£9 18s. 0d.), are not included in the above.