[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2-0 per cent.; this year the percentage has risen to 6-6, but no fewer than live of these samples (= 4’7 per cent.) were from one vendor taken on two successive days, hence the condition of the milk supply may be considered to be much more satisfactory than those ligures would suggest. These live samples all contained added water in quantities as follows:—10, 1, l.i, 5 and 10 per cent. It is also a matter for congratu- lation to lind that the percentage of poor samples lias fallen from 27-0 per cent, to IG'O per cent. Tlie addi- tion of Annatto for colouring purposes still continues to be fairly general throughout the Borough, 87*7 per cent, of the samples being so coloured, against 00’7 last year. The average composition of milk during the year, excluding the adulterated sanqiles has been milk fat 8*58 per cent. ; non-fatty solids 8-1)2 per. cent, water 87*5 ]ier cent., these figures are almost identical with those for 1007. No jireservatives have been detected during the year. CTIEAM. Of the 0 “ test sam[)les examined, none was found to be free from Boron preservative, and one sample con- tained more than double the amount allowable, the pro- portions actually found were ()-13, 0.24, 0-24, 0 21, 0-28, 0-25, and 0-52 per cent. The first of these samples (No. lb) was sold as sterilized Cream,” a description which implies absence of chemical preservatives, it was also a heavily adulterated article, containing only 22-',) percent, of milk-fat instead of about 50 per cent., and also 15-5 per cent, of solids-not-fat, which should be only about 5 per cent. In my opinion vendors of articles of this character, having names which imply superiority over the ordinary article of trade but being in reality very inferior, should receive the most severe treatment that the law permits, the goods are usually sold at enlianced prices, and as their use is largely amongst invalids or weakly persons the deception is one of the most despicable that can be imagined.