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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST FOR
THE YEAR 1878.
To the Board of Works for the Hackney District.
Gentlemen,
During the past year I have analyzed 121 samples
of food and drink and found 17 adulterated in addition to
several others which were sold as being mixtures, and contained
varying proportions of the article asked for by the purchaser.
Most of the articles submitted for analysis were purchased
by the inspector or a boy employed by him, but some were
sent from the Hackney Union, and 2 were brought here by
private purchasers. The list of articles submitted contains
the following: Butter 6, Tea 8, Gin 6, Rum 2, Brandy 4,
Whiskey 3, Sweets 10, Pepper 3, Flour 9, Bread 2, Coffee 6,
Arrowroot 2, Ices 10, Pump Water 3, Cocoa 8, Mustard 3,
Oatmeal 2, and Milk 24; the details of these have already
been submitted to you in my quarterly reports, copies of
which I now lay before you as part of my report for the past
year.
Report for the quarter ending March 31st, 1878.—The
articles analyzed were Tea, Gin, Rum, Whiskey, Brandy,
Sweets and Pepper, and the analysis gave the following results:
out of six samples of Gin as many as five were diluted, some