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"THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875."
(38 and 39 Vic., rap. 63).
Form of Certiticate.
To the Vestry of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
I, the undersigned, Public Analyst for the Vestry of St. Matthew, Bethnal
Green, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that I received on the 31 st day
of October, 1879, from Inspector Lapworth, of Bethnal Green, a sample of Butter
marked X X for analysis, which then weighed about 2 ounces, and have analysed
the same, and declare the result of my analysis to be as follows:—
Water 8.5 per cent.
Salt 4.3 „
Insoluble fatty acids 92,10 „
I am of opinion that the said sample contained the per-centage of foreign
ingredients as under : viz., entirely composed of fat other than butter.
observations.
The material is not injurious. I am compelled to certify it is not butter, but I am
of opinion that the sale of this article, provided it be sold for what it is, is at the
price a benefit, regarded physiologically, to the poor.
As witness my hand, this 24th day of November, 1879.
MEYMOTT TIDY, M.B.,
Professor of Chemistry at the London Hospital, &c.
3. Mandeville place, W.
MORTUARY.
The old building in Church Row continued to be used during the
year, and provided temporary accommodation for 32 bodies. An
account of the New Mortuary in the Churchyard will be found at the
end of this report.
CESSPOOLS AND DRAINS.
Some children were playing in Hollybush gardens, when the earth
gave way, and they fell into an old cesspool; the covering of this,
being merely boards, had decayed, and allowed them to fall through.
Fortunately, the children, though very much terrified, were not injured.
By my direction, the brickwork was removed, and the cesspool filled
up. There are other cesspools in these Gardens, but as the houses
are not within the statutory distance from the sewer in the Bethnal
Green road, we cannot compel the owners to drain into it. In March, a
report was presented to the Vestry advising that the roadway should
be properly paved and drained. It is intended, shortly, to lay a nineinch
glazed pipe drain from the end of the Gardens to the sewer; the