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sick, power being reserved, to such Authority, to recover the expense
of said treatment.
The Metropolitan Board of Works having been constituted the
Local Authority for the Regulation of the Cow and Slaughter
Houses, issued bye-laws for the guidance of the owners of such
structures, which came into effect last year. These premises were
inspected by me, and the licenses granted by the Magistrates to
such as had complied with the said bye-laws. For a list of these
premises, with the names of their proprietors, I beg to refer you to
Table VIII.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
Seventy-nine samples of articles of food, drink, and drugs,
Were examined, viz., 22 of Milk, 9 of Flour, 12 of Bread, 6 of
Pepper, 2 of Arrowroot, 4 of Butter, 3 of Vinegar, 6 of Tea, 6 of
Coffee, 2 of Mustard, 1 of Iodide of Potassium, 3 of Quinine, and 1
of Rhubarb.
Of the Milks 4 were adulterated with water, varying in quantity
from 20 to 45 per cent.
Of the Breads 2 were adulterated with alum.
Of the Quinines one consisted almost entirely of cinchonine.
All the other samples were genuine.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
G. A. ROGERS,
Medical Officer of Health,
Board of Works Office, July, 1880. and Food Analyst.