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varying quarterly as follows:—1st quarter, 9.1 per cent.;
2nd, 13.3 per cent; 3rd. 4.9 per cent.; and the 4th, 4.8 per
cent.; and 53 summonses were issued, with the result that
42 convictions were obtained, together with £103 10s. Od.
in penalties and £35 8s. 6d. in costs.
The annual averages of the two decennia 1891-1900
(Parish) and 1901-1910 (Borough), tire respectively: (1)
number of samples taken 501.9 and 1352.4, of wihich 74.6
and 89.1 (i.e., 14.9 and 6.6 per cent.) were found on analysis
to be adulterated; (2) number of summonses taken out 53.1
and 63.8 with 52.3 and 48.5 convictions, and £104 5s. 5d.
and £74 0s. 4d. in penalties and £35 0s. 3d. and £38
16s. 6d. in costs.
During 1912, no samples were submitted to the Public
Analyst by private purchasers, but 172 informal samples (31
adulterated) were takea by the Inspector, viz., 96 milks (6
adulterated), 5 butters (2 adulterated), 6 creams (4 adulterated),
55 drugs (16 adulterated), 4 jams (2 adulterated), and
6 other articles (1 adulterated).
Particulars of the 1,800 articles submitted by the Food
and Drugs Inspector during 1912 are as follow:—
(a) Milk.
727 samples were taken, and of these 84 (i.e., 11.5 per
cent.) were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated. Of
the 727 samples, 4 were separated milk (1 adulterated,
viz.: with 10 per cent, extraneous water), 1 was skim milk
(adulterated, viz.: being deficient in milk fat to the extent
of 88 per cent.), and 722 were ordinary milks (82 adulterated).
These 84 adulterations were as follows :—
(1) Extraneous water 27 varying from a minimum 1
to a maximum 27 per cent., viz., 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2,
2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 10, 10, 10, 13,
15, 16, 21, 24, and 27 respectively.