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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS' ACTS.
List of Articles submitted to the Public Analyst, from Lady-day, 1895,
to Lady-day, 1896.
Number
of
Samples
Genuine.
Adulterated.
Amount of
Fines.
Costs.
Articles.
129
104
25
!
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Milk
151
0
0
12
10
0
Coffee
16
16
...
...
...
42
42
Butter
...
...
...
Bread
9
9
...
...
...
Flour
18
18
...
...
...
24
3
0
0
1
5
0
Mustard
22
2
Pepper
22
22
...
...
...
Lard
6
6
1
...
...
...
Arrowroot
4
4
...
...
...
Gin
4
4
...
...
I
...
Margarine
10
5
5
4
0
0
3
2
6
1
1
Brandy
...
...
...
Milk and Water
1
1
1
...
...
...
Cod Liver Oil
2
2
...
...
...
3
Cocoa
3
...
...
...
Oatmeal
2
2
...
...
...
Ice Cream
7
7
I
...
...
...
Coffee and Chicory
5
5
...
...
...
Raspberry Jam
2
2
...
...
...
Vinegar
4
4
...
...
...
1
1
Plum Jam
...
...
...
14
0
12
6
Cheese
16
2
3
0
0
294
34
161
0
0
17
10
0
328
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' Acts are
to be paid to the Vestry account.
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."
From the passing of the Margarine Act up to last year half the fines
inflicted went to the Police Receiver and half to the Vestry. Owing to a
recent decision in a Superior Court, the judges held the Vestry were
entitled to the penalties under the Act. Application was made at the
Southwark Police Court for half the penalties which had been paid to the
Police Receiver since 1887, with the result that the sum of £90 15s. 6d. has
been paid to the Vestry's account, and all future fines inflicted under this
important Act will be paid to the Vestry.
Public Analyst, Mr. R. BODMER, 12, Southwark Street.