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quality, and in their keeping power. In the time that Nos. 28,
44, 46, and 47 kept well, No. 45 turned rapidly sour and mouldy.
One reason was to hand: it contained less alcohol. The amount
of extractive was far below that of the others. There has been no
question as to salt, this being less than the admitted quantity.
It would be well if those who drink beer would remember the
amount of alcohol which the beers contain. Calculated as proof
spirit, the beers brought by our Inspecter average 10 per cent., so
that a man who drinks a pint of beer at a meal partakes of more
than is good for his health, and a quantity absolutely injurious if
taken on an empty stomach.
My report will be seen to be far more satisfactory than that of
last quarter. The Certificates are in the hand of the Inspector.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
ALBERT J. BERNAYS.
Chemical Laboratory,
St. Thomas's Hospital. S.E.