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INSPECTOR'S REPORT,
For the Quarter ending December 31st, 1885.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
I beg most respectfully to report that
during the quarter ending 31st December, 1885, I
purchased and submitted to the Public Analyst the
following samples, viz.:—milk 9, butter 7, Epsom
salts 1, lard 1, mustard 3, pepper 2, gin 1, coffee 1,
with the following results:—
Julia O'Connor, 13, Bowling Green Lane, for selling
milk adulterated with 22 per cent. added water, was
fined £5 and costs or one month (sample C 2.3).
Alfred Waller, 37, Clerkenwell Close, for selling
butter adulterated with 80 per cent. of foreign fat,
dismissed on a technical point (sample C 2.7).
Ephraim Bradbeer, 31, Coldbath Square, for selling
butter adulterated with 80 per cent. of foreign fat,
dismissed on a technical point (sample C 2.8).
Pietro Romar, 8, Coldbath Square, do.(sample C 2.9).
David Thomas, 76, Compton Street, (sample C 2.13),
for selling butter adulterated with 75 per cent. of
foreign fat, was fined 50/- and costs or one month.
George Dalton, 123, Goswell Road, (sample C 2.14),
for a similar offence, fined 50/- and costs or one month.
Charles Brown, 42, Corporation Row, (sample
C 2.15), for selling coffee adulterated with 20 per
cent. of chicory, was fined 20/- and costs or 14 days.
David Morgan, 22, Compton Street, (sample C 2.17),
for selling milk adulterated with 14 per cent. of added
water" was fined £3 and costs or one month. All fines
have been recovered and paid into the Vestry.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
HUGH ROSE,
Inspector.