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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, 1896, to
Lady-day, 1897.
Number
of
Samples.
Genuine.
Adul-
terated.
Amount
of
Fines.
Costs.
ARTICLES.
Milk ... ... ... ...
117
85
32
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
82 10 0
19 9 6
...
Coffee ... ... ...
8
8
...
...
Butter ... ... ...
17
17
...
...
...
Bread ... ... ...
14
14
...
...
...
Flour... ... ... ...
6
6
...
...
...
Mustard ... ... ...
2
2
...
...
...
Sausages ... ... ...
1
1
...
...
Lard ... ... ... ...
5
5
...
...
...
...
Gin ... ... ... ...
4
4
...
...
...
Margarine ... ... ...
18
...
18
31 10 0
11 5 0
Brandy ... ... ...
2
2
...
...
...
Whiskey ... ... ...
3
3
...
...
...
Rum ... ... ... ...
1
1
...
...
...
Cocoa... ... ... ...
1
1
...
...
...
Demarara Sugar ... ...
4
2
2
1 0 0
1 5 0
Ice Cream ... ... ...
4
4
...
...
...
Cheese ... ... ...
12
12
...
...
...
219
167
52
115 0 0
31 19 6
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 the bar
"All spirits sold here are diluted."
Rees Edwards and Robert Thomas were fined £10, and 2s. costs, and
£2 and 2s. costs respectively for refusing to serve your Inspector with
samples of Milk.
HENRY THOMAS, A.S.I.,
Inspector under Sale of Food and Drugs' Act.
MR. R. BODMER, Public Analyst,
16, Southwark Street.