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2. Leaden cisterns and pipes.
Surely the time has come when the Greatest City
in the World should be supplied with water without
either injuring or killing its inhabitants. There
are a thousand cities in the world in which such a
contingency would be impossible.
Adulteration of Food.
I would call your attention to the fact that in
1860, I was made, according to the requirements
of the Act for the Prevention of the Adulteration
of Food, Food Analyst for your Parish. As this
office was conferred upon me without any arrangement
as to the nature of the duties I was to
perform or the means of performing them, I have
little to report on the subject. I am, however,
occasionally called on by the public to exercise my
functions. During the past year I was requested to
analyse some milk for a large establishment in the
Parish, and this has drawn my attention generally
to the subject of milk and its adulterations. I have
now examined, to satisfy my own mind, several
hundreds of specimens of milk procured in the
Parish, and whilst on the whole, I think the quality
of the milk is creditable to the milk sellers of the
Parish, I am bound to say, I have met with a large