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116 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1936.
The chief point revealed in our examination is the fact that such
wines provide more alcohol for a given sum of money than any
other alcoholic beverage and, therein lies the danger to the consumer
of too free indulgence.
It is quite possible that many people start taking these wines
in the belief that, owing to their cheapness, they are more or less
"innocent" drinks and soon acquire the habit of indulging in them
to excess.
It must also be remembered that wine is consumed undiluted.
In conclusion we would like to congratulate the Council on
the satisfactory state of the food supply in the Borough, only one
per cent. of the Formal samples having been found to be adulterated.
The adulteration detected in the Informal samples amounted to
only 0.9 per cent., and that in all samples submitted to 0.95 per
cent.
We have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
C. H. M. MUTER, F.I.C., F.C.S.,
Public Analyst.
CHARLES A. HACKMAN, F.I.C.,
Additional Public Analyst.
325, Kennington Road, April, 1937.
S.E. 11.