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meat; 261 lbs. chestnuts; 92 rabbits; 2 lbs. bacon; 8| lbs. mutton;
31 lbs. cooked meat; 1 beef kidney; 18 st. skate; 1 ton apples,
cauliflowers and onions; 390 pears; 10 boats tomatoes; 1 barrel
crabs; 1 pig's head; 53 barrels horse-radish; 7 cwt. gooseberries;
5 tins fish; 4½ tons potatoes; 11 ½-lb. bags currants; 2 st. mackerel;
21 lbs. pork; 1 tin jellied veal; 7 cwt. sweets; 1 6-lb. tin of ox
tongue; 3 chickens; 1 tin evaporated milk.
The number of articles submitted to the Borough Analyst
for analysis, together with the results of his examination, are
shown in Table XXII.
I give below a few remarks upon the action taken in respect
of certain articles which proved to be unsatisfactory.
Malt vinegar. A sample of malt vinegar proved to be
deficient in acetic acid to the extent of 50 per cent, (equivalent to
the addition of at least 50 per cent. of water). An arrangement
was made with the vendor for a sample of this commodity to be
taken from a fresh barrel "in course of delivery" from his supplier.
This sample proving genuine, an information was laid.against the
vendor in respect of the sample purchased from him, and a fine
of forty shillings was imposed.
"Table Cream." An informal sample of a commodity
labelled "Table Cream" was found to be a mixture of starch and
cocoa powder. An official sample was obtained, and in view of
the fact that a purchaser would be inclined to think that the article
was a milk product or a cream substitute, whereas it was similar
in all respects to custard powder or blanc-mange powder, a letter
was addressed to the manufacturers regarding the misleading
description applied to the wrapper. A repl}- was received to the
eifect that the label complained of was quite inadvertent, and new
cartons were already in print with amended wording.
Table vinegar. A sample bottle of table vinegar proved to
be 100 per cent, artificial vinegar. A letter of warning was sent
to the manufacturer who replied that the label would be amended
forthwith.
Cooking fat. Ready packed vegetable cooking fat proved
to contain 7.6 per cent, of water. A letter of warning was sent to
the vendor, and a reply was received from the manufacturers who
stated that the wording on the wrapper would be amended.
Straws. Two samples of straws as used by school children
for the drinking of milk gave a satisfactory bacteriological test.
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