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bread sold in the parish is free from adulteration.
In the course of the year I have had every
bakehouse in the parish visited. An inspection was
made of 45 bakehouses, and in no case was any
complaint made by the men working in them, of a
want of attention to their comfort and convenience.
With few exceptions they were all well ventilated,
and when any defect or nuisance existed the
proprietor shewed the utmost readiness to remedy
the inconvenience. I shall not pretend here to enter
upon the question of the comparative healthfullness
of machine-made or hand-made bread. I may
express my conviction, that in your parish the great
mass of the bread sold to the people is made with
as much attention to cleanliness and purity as is
consistent with the process by which the bread is
made, and the places devoted to its manufacture.
Had I discovered any of the bakehouses in a
condition in which the law would have permitted
interference, I should not have hesitated to have
obtained your sanction for the adoption of compulsory
measures.
GROCERIES AND OTHER ARTICLES
OF FOOD.
Almost every article of food consumed by the
community is exposed to adulteration of one kind
or the other. To meet this wholesale robbery of
the community, the Adulteration of Food Act was
passed; but arising from the want of public spirit