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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST.
To the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the annual custom, I beg to
supplement my regular Statutory Reports by a short
statement of the nature and amount of the work done
under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, during the year
1890.
The total number of samples submitted to me by
the Inspector was 200, being the full amount he is at
present authorised to buy during any single year. The
articles examined included milk, butter, lard, coffee,
pepper, mustard, oatmeal, baking-powder, arrowroot,
tea, cheese, olive oil, sugar, honey, tapioca, condensed
milk, and sundry drugs.
The impure samples were limited to milk, butter,
lard, and coffee, and were 15 in number, which were
thus distributed:—
Milk 8 Samples.
Butter 4 „
Lard 2 „
Coffee 1 „
Calculated upon the total number of each article
examined, we find the following individual percentages
of impurity:—
Name Samples Percentage of
of Article. Examined. Impure Articles.
Milk 62 12.90.
Butter 33 12.12.
Lard 4 50.00.
Coffee 28 3.58,