View report page

For the Quarter ending 30th Sept., 1878.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Glerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
During the quarter ending on the 30th of
September, I received from your Inspectors, 44 samples
for analysis, consisting of Coffee, Cocoa, Bread, Butter,
Flour, Gin, Milk, and Ices. Two of the samples of Milk
were adulterated, one with 6 per cent., and the other
with 14 per cent, of water. The other samples were
unadulterated. A large proportion of them, namely—21,
consisted of the cheap Ices sold in the street, which has
been collected by desire of your Board, with the view of
ascertaining whether these cheap sweetmeats so largely
supplied to children in warm weather contained anything
injurious to health. The analysis made of them showed
that they consisted of harmless sweetened and flavoured
liquids, of which the worst that could be said was that
the flavouring was not always of the most refined
description.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
T. REDWOOD.
17, Bloomsbury Square.