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Hammersmith.
1 4-wheel Trap
1 Steam Roller
1 Hand Roller
1 Horse Roller
3 Mason's Trucks
13 Navvy Barrows
17 Box Barrows
2 Sewer Barrows
1 Water Truck
Sale of Food and Drugs' Acts.
The Board, in June, 1881, re-appointed Mr. R. H. Davies as
Public Analyst for this District, and an account of the various
articles submitted for analysis with the result of the examination,
will be found annexed (see Appendix No. 5).
As an instance of the difficulties that are found in the
endeavour to carry into effect the provisions of these most
salutary Acts of Parliament, the Board desires to draw attention
to the facts connected with the two following cases, which occured
during the year.
Upon the hearing of the summons issued against Mr. H.
Aldridge, of 59, Masboro Road North, Hammersmith, for having
sold milk adulterated with water, (the Public Analyst's certificate
reporting the sample to be adulterated with 14 per cent. of added
water). The defendant contended that the milk was pure and
required that a further analysis should be made, as provided by
the statute ; the second official part of the milk was accordingly
submitted to the Analysts at Somerset House.
Upon the adjourned hearing the report from Somerset House
was produced, and it stated that the amount of solids "not fat"
is low when compared with that found in genuine milk, and that
the sample contained not less than 4 per cent. of added water.
The defendant produced in court a certificate signed by Dr.
Redwood, whom he had employed to analyse the (third) portion
of the milk that had been left with the vendor according to the
statute, and this certificate reported the sample as "poor milk."
Dr. Redwood was called in support and admitted, in answer
to my question, genuine milk should yield upon analysis at least
9'0 of "solids other than fat," and that the sample under consideration
did not come up to that standard.