The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904 page 69

Greenwich 1904

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Number and Description of Samples purchased for Analysis under the above Acts during the Year 1904

Description of Samples.	Number of Samples Purchased.	Number Genuine.	Number Adulterated.	Remarks.
Milk	118	109	9	MILK.
Butter	91	86	5	1 36½ % milk fat abstracted; £3 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Coffee	26	24	2	1 30 % milk fat abstracted; £1 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Mustard	1	1		1 23½ '/, milk fat abstracted; £10 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Pepper	4	4		1 22⅓% milk fat abstracted; £20 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Margarine	1	1		1 30°/o milk fat abstracted ; £2 Fine and 22s. 6d. Costs.
Lard	8	8		1 14°/o added water; £3 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Demerara Sugar	22	19		1 7½°/o added water ; £3
Camphorated Oil	4	4		Fine and £1 5s. Costs. 1 11¾°/o added water; £4
Vinegar	1	1		Fine and £1 10s. Costs. 1 03°/o Boric Acid;
Cheese	6	6		cautioned.
Sweets	2	2		BUTTER.
Baking Powder	2	2		94 per cent. Margarine; £3 Fine and 17s. Costs.
Jam	2	2		92 per cent. Margarine; £1 Fine and 12s. Costs.
Olive Oil	3	3		91 per cent. Margarine; £2 Fine and 22s. 6d. Costs.
Boracic Acid Ointment	4	4		33 per cent. Margarine; £2 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Tea	2	2		55 per cent. Margarines £2 Fine and £2 2s. Costs.
Amber Syrup	1	1		COFFEE.
Cod Liver Oil	3	3		65 per cent. Chicory; £2
Cocoa Extract	1	1		Fine and £2 3s. 6d. Costs. 40 per cent. Chicory; £1
Lump Sugar	1	1		Fine and 22s. 6d. Costs.
Yeast	2			DEMERARA SUGAR.
Coffee and Chicory	1	1		1 Dyed Sugar, other than Demerara; 5s. Fine and 22s. 6d. Costs.
Ground Rice	1	1		1 Dyed Sugar, other than
Tapioca	1	1		Demerara; £3 Fine and 17s. costs.
Sago	1	1		1 Dyed Sugar, other than Demerara; £2 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Caraway-seeds	1	1		1 Dyed Sugar, other than Demerara; £2 Fine and 22s. Costs.
Total	310	291	19