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68
REPORT
OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST ON THE RESULT
OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE SAMPLES
OF FOOD SUBMITTED TO HIM DURING
THE YEAR 1888.
To the Wandsworth District Board of Works.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to report that, during the year
1883, I received 252 samples of food from the Inspector
and duly submitted the same to an exhaustive examination.
These samples covered as large an amount of
ground as the restricted number with which I am now
allowed to deal would permit, and they included such of
the chief articles of diet as were known by past experience
to be likely to exhibit some amount of impurity.
It will be seen from the following table that, out of
the whole 252 samples, 225 were found to be genuine,
while 27 proved to be more or less unsatisfactory. This
shows a total amount of adulteration equal to 10.71 per
cent., probably due to an improved efficiency in the inspection;
but on this point it is only fair to state that the