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Michaelmas, 1876,
Gentlemen,
In the last Quarter I have analyzed 50
samples of food and alcoholic drinks, upon which I
would report as follows:—
Milks were 20 in number, and certainly not of
the quality I could wish. No less than five were
adulterated with 14 per cent, of water and upwards,
two with nearly 10 per cent., and yet another with
somewhat less. Three were suspiciously poor as
regards cream. One of the Milks was a top-skim,
ming, with 26 per cent, of cream, and must have
been sold either ignorantly or as a blind.
Making every allowance for the season, it is
clear that since so few Milks have been examined,
the general quality of Camber well Milk has declined.
It is the more to be regretted, as it places the fair
trader under so serious a disadvantage. Indeed, I
would recommend that ten milks should be examined
every month, and thus alone will something like protection
be given to the public.
Of other articles of food, I have only examined