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PUBLIC ANALYST'S REPORT.
TO THE ST. SAVIOUR'S DISTRICT BOARD OF
WORKS.
Gentlemen,
In presenting my Annual Report for the year ending
25th March last, there is much to give satisfaction and some
cause for the opposite.
Exclusive of certain waters, sugars, hops and malts, I have
analyzed 100 samples.
Of Milks I have examined 32 varieties, and have, on the whole,
to record distinct progress. Only six cases, or 18 per cent., have
been magisterially decided, and only one case was of a very
flagrant character. No. 53 contained 53 per cent. of added
water. In addition to these six cases, several warnings have
been given.
Whenever there was even a suspicion of admixture, the analys es
were done in duplicate; the 32 samples of milk represent in reality
44 analyses. It is now sometimes necessary to estimate the quantity
of sugar of milk contained in the milk, and thus an additional
element of work is introduced into the subject.
One remark I would wish to make with reference to our
f
standards. Owing to the possible poverty of a milk from a single
animal, the standard is a very low one, and we are often perfectly
conscious that a milk has been watered when we are giving a pass-