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Nature of
Sample.
Number of
Samples.
Number
Adulterated.
Percentage
Adulterated.
Remarks.
Milk
75
26
34 7
Spirits
28
3
10.7
Butter
22
7
31.8
Including margarine
exposed as
Butter.
Coffee
7
2
28.6
In both cases held
to be protected
by label.
Condensed Milk
2
1
50
Mustard
2
0
0
Pepper
2
0
0
Vinegar
1
0
0
Tea
1
0
0
Tinned Salmon
1
0
0
Sweets
1
0
0
The very high percentage of adulteration can only be
reduced by two means.
The first is to impress on the magistrates the enormity
of the offence committed, and to induce them to impose
slightly more commensurate fines. To take the milk
adulteration as an example. Slightly over one-third of
the samples were adulterated, and the average extent of
adulteration was slightly over 16 per cent.
It we assume that Camberwell has about 250,000