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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ANALYST
APPOINTED UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS OF THE ST. GILES
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,—
During the year ending the 31st of last March,
I received from your Inspector, Mr. John Hoyle, 296 samples
of articles of food and drugs for analysis, consisting of milk,
flour, bread, butter, cheese, tea, coffee, chicory, ale, porter,
brandy, rum, whisky, gin, port wine, sherry, sweets, green
peas, French beans, pickles, pepper, cayenne, mustard, lard,
tobacco, cod liver oil, quinine, and seidlitz powders. Of
these various samples, 22 were found to be adulterated,
namely, 12 samples of milk, 6 of butter, 1 of mustard, 1 of
whisky, and 2 of coffee. The samples have been very
regularly collected throughout the year, usually about 6
every week, and the total number has been rather greater
than usual, but the proportion of adulterated articles has
been less than usual, being only 7.4 per cent., while last
year it was 11 .7 per cent.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
T. REDWOOD.
17, Bloomsbury Square,
13 th June, 1881.