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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS' ACT.
List of Articles submitted to the Public Analyst, from Lady-day, 1893
to Lady-day, 1894.
Number
of
Samples.
Genuine.
Adulterated.
Amount of
Fines.
Costs.
Articles.
£ s. d.
...
£ s. d.
...
Arrowroot
—
2
2
...
78
25
118 0 0
Milk
103
13 15 0
Coffee
11
10
1
0 5 0
0 12 6
2
Butter
39
37
4 5 0
1 5 0
Bread
9
9
...
...
...
Flour
5
5
......
......
...
Mustard
5
5
...
......
......
2
Pepper
2
...
......
......
Lard
6
6
6
...
......
......
Rum
7
3 0 0
0 12 6
1
Gin
13
13
......
...
......
2
2
Ice Cream
...
......
......
0 12 6
Whiskey
20
19
1
5 0 0
Margarine
10
2
8
11 1 0
3 17 0
4
Brandy
4
...
......
......
3
3
......
Sausage
...
......
German Sausage
2
2
...
......
......
Cheese
2
2
......
...
......
Cocoa
1
1
...
......
.....
Cornflour
1
1
......
......
...
Port Wine
1
1
...
......
......
Linseed
1
1
......
......
...
Sugar
6
6
...
.....
......
3
Vinegar
3
...
......
......
1
Oatmeal
1
......
...
......
French Cucumbers
2
2
...
......
......
l_
261
223
38
141 11 0
21 7 0
Several samples of Coffee and Milk were declared to be a mixture when
purchased.
The fines and costs recovered under the Sale of Food and Drugs' Act
are paid to the Vestry account, except in the case of Margarine. when half
the fines go to the Vestry if applied for at the time, and half to the Treasury.
In some of the spirits the adulteration was so small that legal
proceedings were not taken, and in others Notices were fixed in bar : " All
spirits sold here are diluted."
Public Analyst—Mr. R. BODMER. 12, Southwark Street.