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VESTERY OFFICES
Battersea Rise, S.W.,
June, 1890.
Gentlemen,
1. During the year ended on the 31st March, 1890,
one hundred and eight samples of Food have been submitted to
me for Analysis, of which one hundred and six were obtained by
your Sanitary Inspector, and two (of Milk) were submitted by
" private purchasers." Two samples of water which were taken
by order of the Sanitary Committee have also been analysed.
2. The foods consisted of 49 samples of milk, 24 of
butter, 15 of coffee, 7 of black pepper, 4 of bread, 4 of tea, 3 of
flour, 1 of cayenne pepper, and 1 of white pepper.
They may be conveniently classified as follows:—
Milk Foods (Milk and Butter) 73 — 67.6 per cent.
Coffee and Tea 19= 17.6 ,,
Condiments 9 = 8.3 ,,
Cereal & Starchy Foods
(Flour and Bread) 7 — 6.5 ,,
108
Taking the population of Battersea (in 1881) as 107,262,
the number of samples of all kinds taken in the year is equal to
one for every 993 persons.
3. Table I. shows the names and numbers of the samples
taken during each quarter,