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STATISTICS OF ADULTERATION,
For the year ending December 31st, 1903.
Nature of Samples.
Number
Submitted.
Number
Adulterated.
Number of
Prosecutions.
Percentage of
Adulteration.
Percentage of
Prosecutions.
Milk
626
144
56
23.0
8.9
Butter
193
29
12
15.0
6.2
Cheese
6
Margarine
3
I
...
33 .3
...
Lard
3
...
...
...
...
Chicory
1
...
...
...
...
Cocoa
24
7
5
29.2
20.9
Coffee
61
4
4
6.5
6.5
Coffee and Chicory (Mixture)
1
...
...
...
...
Tea
2
...
...
Bread
15
...
...
...
...
Arrowroot
7
1
...
14.3
...
Corn Flour
1
.. .
...
. . .
...
Oatmeal
22
...
...
.. .
Rice (Ground)
1
...
...
Sago
7
5
...
71.4
...
Tapioca
1
...
...
...
...
Wheat Flour
4
...
...
...
...
Ginger (Ground)
6
...
...
...
...
Mustard ...
57
6
2
10.6
3.6
Pepper
75
1
I
1.3
1.3
Vinegar
3
...
...
...
...
Brandy
3
...
...
...
...
Gin
3
1
...
33.3
...
Rum
2
1
1
50.0
50.0
Whisky
4
...
...
...
...
Demerara Sugar
10
4
3
40.0
30.0
White Sugar
2
...
...
...
...
Sweets
4
...
...
...
...
Chlorodyne Lozenges
1
...
...
...
...
Peppermint Lozenges
1
...
...
...
...
Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine
1
...
...
...
...
Camphorated Oil
9
6
3
66.7
33.3
Cod Liver Oil
2
...
...
...
...
Lime Water
1
...
...
...
...
Olive Oil
2
1
...
50.0
...
Powdered Rhubarb
1
...
...
...
...
Saffron
1
1
...
100.0
...
Sweet Spirits of Nitre
2
1
1
50.0
50.0
Tincture of Iodine
1
1
...
100.0
...
Castor Oil
2
...
...
...
...
Total
1171
214
88
18.3
7.5