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"In my opinion it is going too far to say that the whole
structure of bricks and mortar is a house, or part of a house,
let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family, simply because there are separate tenements and
separate occupations under the circumstances stated in this
case."
I think, therefore, the judgment of the Magistrate was
quite right.—Appeal dismissed with costs.
20tli May, 1901.
The Laboratory—Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
One hundred and fifty-one samples of food, drink, or
drugs have been analysed during the past quarter: of these
a sample of milk was found diluted with water to the extent
of 20 per cent.; the vendor, Elizabeth Watts, of 37, Dorset
Street, was prosecuted and fined £1 and costs.
The full list of the various articles analysed will be
found at page 76.