[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Inspectors have devoted some time to special sampling. Owing to complaints as to quality, numerous samples of milk were taken in Bentley-with-Axksey, Pontefract Borough, Wharfedale Rural District, Swinton, and Kiveton Park Rural District. The prevalence of neuritis in parts of the Wortley Rural District caused it to be suggested that some of the sugar sold at that time might be contaminated with arsenic, or that there might be something wrong with the flour. Samples of both articles were taken, but no trace of arsenic was found. In the latter part of the year a conference of the Inspectors was held at the County Hall. Among others, such questions were discussed as the packing of samples, kind of samples to be taken, distribution of sampling over the respective areas of the Inspectors, and the best methods of sampling to discover adulteration. The discussions, and the exchange of notes and ideas by the Inspectors always prove very helpful. The list of articles to be sampled was frequently revised during the year. Samples taken by Local Authorities.—The following table shows how many of the 649 samples submitted by Local Auth¬ orities were taken by each Authority:— Batley 55 Goole 17 Normanton. . 8 Bolton-on-Dearne 4 Horbury 12 Rawmarsh . . 11 Brighouse B. 24 Horsfortii 2 Ripon 31 Castleford 11 Honley 2 Roth well 39 Clayton West 4 Hoyland Nether 9 Sedbergh R. 2 Elland 21 Hebden Bridge 3 Shelley 3 Denby-with- llldey 29 She pie v 6 Cumberworth 3 Keighley B. 54 Skelmanthorpe 3 Featherstone . . 15 Kiveton Park R. 24 Todmorden B. 18 Gar forth 17 Marsden 7 Wakefield R. 6 Golcar 10 Mexborough 10 Thurstonland 2 Harrogate 100 Mirfield 1 Worsborough 3 Haworth 19 Pudsey 29 Whit wood . . 4 He ms worth R. 30 Met hie y . . 1 Milk and Cream Regulations.—All sam Lples of milk and cream taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were examined for preservatives. There were only two offences, viz., a sample of milk contained ‘165 pei cent, of boric acid, and one of cream 2 per cent. ; the vendors were cautioned by the Legal Department. The sale of preserved cream in the County Area is not very large, and all of the samples taken were found on analysis to be correctlv labelled, and no offences against the Regulations in any other respect were discovered.