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SALS OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.
REPORT UPON ARTICLES ANALYSED
DURING THE YEAR 1886,
MADE TO THE
VESTRN of St. James, west minster,
BY
JAS, EDMUNDS, M.D., M.R.C.P., Lond., F.R.M.S., P.C.S., &c.,
Medical Officer of Health and Public Annlyst Jor St. Jams, Wettimmter.
Rev. Sir and Gentlemen,
During the year 1886, under the provisions of the Sale
of Food and Drugs Act, 1875, 67 samples were examined, of
which 67 were procured for examination by the Vestry
Officers, and two were brought by Parishioners.
Of milk, 42 specimens have been examined. Only two of these
samples were found to have been adulterated. In one of
these cases the Vendor was summoned and fined Forty
Shillings with costs; in the other case the sample was taken
by a parishioner, and, the forms of the Act not having been
complied with, no prosecution was instituted. It will bo
obvious on comparing these facts with those set out in previous
Annual Reports, that fraud in the sale of milk in the Parish
of St. James has greatly diminished—doubtless in consequence
of the prosecutions that have been instituted by the
Vestry.
In none of the samples was any Poisonous ingredient
discovered.
No money or consideration other than the stipend from the
Vestry has been received by me in connection with these
analyses.
I have the honour to remain,
Rev. Sir and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JAME8 EDMUNDS.
Grafton StrEEt, Piccadilly, 1887.