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Chemical Laboratory,
32, Holborn Viaduct,
London, E.C.
July 20th, 1896.
To the Chairman a/id Members of the Fulham Vestrv.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to report that during the year ended on March 31st, 1896, one
hundred and fifty-seven samples of food were submitted to me for analysis
under the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts. Of these samples
thirty-two were procured by Mr. Inspector A. A. Croucher; twenty-seven by
Mr. Inspector VV. H. Grigg; thirty-three by Mr. Inspector Chesterfield;
and sixty-five by Mr. Inspector C. B. Jones. Also I received from the
Surveyor to the Vestry, Mr. C. Botterill, two samples of creosote oil and
one sample of asphalte (dates of receipt, October 26th, 1895, March 19th,
1896, and October 30th, 1895, respectively). Thus the entire number of
samples analysed was one hundred and sixty.
By the census of 1891, the population of Fulham was found to be
91,640, and the samples subjected to analysis, in compliance with the
requirements of the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts, were
equivalent in the aggregate to one sample for every 583 individuals.
The articles submitted to investigation included one hundred and four
samples of milk, seventeen samples of butter, nine samples of coffee, four
samples of cocoa, six samples of Demerara sugar, four samples of pepper,
four samples of mustard, three samples of vinegar, and six samples of
whisky.
Stated below (Table I.) are particulars of the numbers of samples of
the several articles analysed during each quarter of the year:—
TABLE I.
Articles Analysed.
During
First
Quarter.
During
Second
Quarter.
During
Third
Quarter.
During
Fourth
Quarter.
Total
for
Year.
Milk
35
14
39
16
104
Butter
-
-
5
12
17
Coffee
-
3
2
4
9
Cocoa
-
4
-
-
4
Demerara Sugar
-
6
-
-
6
Pepper
-
1
1
2
4
Mustard
-
-
1
3
4
Vinegar
-
2
—
1
3
Whisky
-
1
—
5
6
Totals
35
31
48
43
157
Of these samples seventeen were certified to be adulterated; and in the
next table (Table II.) the numbers of genuine and sophisticated samples for