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111.
All the samples of Rum and Brandy were of satisfactory
strength, but potable spirits as a whole seem
to be more subject to sophistication than almost any
other article submitted under the Food and Drugs Act
In Fulham the percentage during the year 1929 was
31.3 while for England and Wales taken together it
was in 1928 only 8.3 and in 1927 11.8. It is fair to
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the vendors to mention that the figures slightly below
the legal limit are rather due to accident than to
deliberate adulteration.