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PUBLIC ANALYSTS' REPORTS.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST.
SAVIOURS DISTRICT.
Gentlemen—
The half-year of 1889 was a somewhat broken one through
the retirement of Mr. Moody. Consequently, the number of
articles analyzed was below the normal. Between June 4th
and September 19th, there was a complete cessation of
analytical work. Before the end of the quarter I received
six articles of food, viz:—Five Milks, and one sample of
Pepper. Three of the milks were of good quality; two were
adulterated with, respectively, 8 and 13 per cent, of water.
The pepper was genuine.
In the last quarter of the year, 1889, thirty samples were
brought to me by Mr. Grist. The Milks were nineteen in
number. Six of these were quite of the nature, substance,
and quality demanded. Five were adulterated with, respectively,
5, 10, 9, 12 and 6 per cent. of added water. The
remainder were all somewhat watered. None of them were
skimmed.
It may be interesting to note that several of the Condensed
Milks which were brought to your notice were skimmed to
such an extent that they ought not to be passed over.
Several of them, if made up with the quantity of water
recommended, are so dilute as "milks" that infants brought
up on such might die of starvation. A case of this kind was
prosecuted by the Camber well Vestry with such success that
the article has been withdrawn from the market.
The other samples of bread, oatmeal, arrowroot, butter,
coffee, pepper, mustard (2), curry-powder and rhubarb, were
of the nature, substance and character demanded.