[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Exeter City & County.

  • Exeter (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Exeter City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mitted for analysis, with the result that all the new milk was certified as genuine, one sample of scald milk had 34 per cent, of added water, and two samples of cream con- tained boric acid, one having 20 grains, and the other 30 grains to the pound. SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. During the past year 166 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst, with the result that 10 were returned as adulterated. Early in the year the following circular was sent to every Dairyman, Purveyor of Milk, and Cowkeeper in the District, since when I am pleased to say in no case was any sample of milk certified as containing preserva- tives Town Clerk’s Office, Exeter. 19th March, 1907. Dear Sir, The Exeter City Council have recently received from the Local Government Board a Circular requesting the atten- tion of the Council to the subject of the addition of pre- servatives to Milk.