---------+-----------+--------------+---------------- Year. | Samples | Samples | Percentage | Examined. | Adulterated. | of Adulterated. ---------+-----------+--------------+---------------- 1875-6 | 15,989 | 2,895 | 18·10 1877 | 11,943 | 2,371 | 17·70 1878 | 15,107 | 2,505 | 16·58 1879 | 17,574 | 3,032 | 17·25 1880 | 17,919 | 3,132 | 17·47 ---------+-----------+--------------+---------------- Of the total number of samples tested, the classification of adulterations is as below:-- Per cent. Milk 50·98 Butter 5·73 Groceries 12·90 Drugs 2·52 Wine, spirits, and beer 15·18 Bread and flour 2·68 Waters (including mineral) 9·18 Sundries 0·83 More recent data concerning the falsification of food in Great Britain are as follows:-- ---------+---------+--------------+------------- Year. | Samples | Number | Per cent. of | Tested. | Adulterated. | Adulterated. ---------+---------+--------------+------------- 1881 | 17,823 | 2,495 | 14·0 1882 | 19,439 | 2,916 | 15·0 1883 | 14,900 | 2,453 | 16·4 ---------+---------+--------------+------------- Of the samples of spirits and beer examined, about 25 per cent. were adulterated. The results of the work done at the Paris Municipal Laboratory are the following:-- --------+---------+-------+-----------+------------------------ | | | | Bad. | | | +------------+----------- Year. | Samples | Good. | Passable. | Not | | Tested. | | | Injurious. | Injurious. --------+---------+-------+-----------+------------+----------- 1881 | 6,258 | 1,565 | 1,523 | 2,608 | 562 1882 | 10,752 | 2,707 | 2,679 | 3,822 | 1,544 1883 | 14,686 | -- | -- | -- | -- --------+---------+-------+-----------+------------+-----------