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over, in spite of its 6.6 per cent, of butter, had it not
been for the impossibility (on account of sourness)
of making a second analysis, without which I do not
care to send a case before the Magistrate.
To make a long story short, we have ten milks
with added water, varying from 7 to 37 per cent.,
and two top-skimmings which have only just escaped.
so that, at the lowest estimate, one third of the milk
supply is adulterated. Surely for the sake of the
wo-thirds, the milk supply of a large parish like
camberwell should be swarded.
In addition to milks, I have examined six
Breads and two Flours. Only in the case of one
bread was there sufficient suspicion of alum to have
made it worth while executing the analysis in duplicate,
but the quantity of bread was insufficient for
the purpose.
Only one Butter was examined, and this was
genuine. The same may be said of the one specimen
of Coffee, it had but one fault— being overroasted.
Of alcoholic drinks, a sample of Elder Wine