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I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. C. YOUNG, F.I.C., &c.
1st January, 1894.
To the Members of the Board of Works for the Poplar District.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I have to report that during the quarter ending December
last, your Sanitary Inspectors have submitted to me 72 samples for
analysis, comprising the following articles, viz. :—
Milk 36 Condensed Milk 12
Gin 12 Whisky 12
Of the milks, 28 were genuine, 6 adulterated with water in the
proportion of 9, 10, 14, 20, 20, and 39 per cent. respectively, 1 deficient
in cream to the extent of 44 per cent., and 1 adulterated with
9 per cent. of water and also deficient in cream to the extent of
30 per cent.
The condensed milks contained nothing but milk and sugar, and
the condensation effected amounted to from one-third to one-fourth
of the original bulk.
In the printed directions for use on the labels of the various
samples it was stated that for ordinary purposes the article was to be
diluted with 4 to 5 parts of water. This would seem to imply that
the samples were condensed to one-fifth or one-sixth of the original
bulk, and the purchaser would no doubt expect that by mixing 4 or