The Law on Adulteration |
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Author:
| Herbert, Thomas |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-12044-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.14 |
Book Description:
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE WORKING OF THE LAW. THE following table, which has been compiled from the successive annual reports of the Local Government Board, furnishes particulars of the samples analysed in England and Wales during the five years 1878-82: ? Five Years, 1878-82.1878-82.1878-82.Examined.Adulteratedof Adulter-...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE WORKING OF THE LAW. THE following table, which has been compiled from the successive annual reports of the Local Government Board, furnishes particulars of the samples analysed in England and Wales during the five years 1878-82: ? Five Years, 1878-82.1878-82.1878-82.Examined.Adulteratedof Adulter- ation.Milk Bread ...3I6056,41020-3C CAC -K76 MFlour2 562 Buttere oc68co Coffee5,951.16718-7 I 36615 Mustard Pickles (including tinned vege- tables)4,413764 1317-3276 --(, 47 6-0Confectionery ... ... - ... Wine1,14022It 272 8-8Beer2 6O4I IQ 2 684 Other articles ...14,4424/5 6714-6Totals88,1851333I5-5Totals (omitting Spirits) . . .79,12710,949I3-0The next table, which has been abstracted from the same series of reports, shows the number of samples and the proportion found adulterated during the same period, in the Metropolis, and in each of the counties in England and Wales: ? Abstract of Reports of the Public Analysts for the 5 years 1878-82. Examined.Total No. Of Samples. Adul- terated.Proportion Adul- terated.The Metropolitan District.24,7163,38'3'5Counties. Bedford1.396no7 '9Berks43'378'6Bucks1 062624'5Cambridge .. .. .. .. ..27442Cornwall' 3816i8'842' iCumberland . . . .4768918-7 26'8 162Devon .. .. .. .. ..4779720-3Dorset (four years) . . .., .351954 '3Durham .. ..2,88563822'IEssex1.3671 80I3-2Gloucester3,6002607 '2Hereford (four years) . . . . . .300O'OHerts55 16'4Hants (four years)107 26-2KentjQOI3922O'6Lancaster ..1 .4532,18219' Leicester ..,385139lo'oLincoln,664273l6'4Middlesex ..,06419017-9Monmouth ..394 23-1Norfolk4229121-6Northampton5938814-8Northumberland9.1720021'3Nottingham35664 'iS'oOxford -' ..35167. Ji9'iRutland386Shropshire . . . . . . ....2133315'5'Somerset4,6573297'1Southampton2,42347719-7Stafford5,0957'7Suffolk (four years)538'5Surrey . .2, .