View report page

23
certificate, but no proceedings were taken, owing to some informality
which had attended the taking of the sample. The butter submitted
was genuine, though charged with rather more than the
ordinary amount of moisture.
FOR YEAR 1877-8.
During the nine months ending Lady Day, 1878, I examined
one hundred and thirteen samples of food, which were submitted to
me for analysis by your Inspectors.
These consisted of—
8 Coffee 12 Colored Sweets
g Moist Sugar 27 Porter
12 Milk 27 Ale
18 Gin.
No samples were received by me from the public during this
period. This makes in all 591 samples examined for Islington
since my appointment.
Of the eight samples of coffee submitted to me for analysis,
seven were genuine, whilst one contained a notable quantity of
chicory. No action was taken in this case, as its admixture was
notified on the external wrapper of paper in which the coffee was
sold.
In all the nine samples of moist sugar examined by me, I found
varying proportions of grape sugar, but in no case to any large
extent. In several I found particles of the sugar-cane, and also
some Acari. In no case did I detect the admixture of sand with the
sugar.
Of the twelve samples of milk submitted to me, none fell below
the standard that I have fixed on which to prosecute. Three,
however, were very inferior samples, whilst three others were very
little better, whilst only two of the twelve samples could be regarded
as of really good quality. I am aware that the standard I have
fixed is a somewhat low one. I think it right to add that although
I did not see my way to prosecute in any one of these cases, I
consider that it is very necessary to watch the milk trade in the
parish. The milk sellers have raised the price, but have not very
materially improved the article.