[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COUNTY BOROUGH OF SMETHWICK. PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS, 1912 and 1917. Report for the year ended 31st December, 1926. 1. Milk and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream. Milk. Cream. Number of samples examined for the presence of a Preservative ... . 192 — Number in which a Preservative was reported to be present and the percentage of Preservative found in each sample ... Nil — 2. Cream Sold as Preserved Cream. (a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to ascertain if the statements on the label as to preser¬ vatives was correct: — (1) Correct statements made ... ... ... 1 (2) Incorrect statements ... . — 1 (3) Percentage of Preservatives found in each sample : — Sample No. 4540—0.34% Boric Acid. (b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream : — (i) Above 35 per cent ... ... ... ... ... 1 (ii) Below 35 per cent . — 1 (c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements with regard to labelling and declaration of preserved cream in Article V. (1) in the proviso in Article V. (2) of the Regulations have not been observed Nil (d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations have not been complied with, and action taken ... ... Nil 3. TMickening Substances. Any evidence of their addition to cream or preserved cream Nil