[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). Local Board.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Milk 3% Deficient in Fat Dismissed on payment of costs. GO/ }) ^ /0 >> >> >> 40/ )> “ /O >> >> >> (1) Mercury Ointment, 63% deficient in Mercury. Fined 10s. and £2 17s. costs. (1) Butter, 2.5% excess of water. Dismissed. Warranty proved. Prosecutions were not instituted in regard to 1 sample of Butter, 1 Coffee, 1 Ground Ginger, and 3 Cream of Tartar, the adulterations being so slight. The sellers were, however, cautioned. The remaining adulterated samples of Butter and Mercury Ointment were test samples, and led up to the purchasing of official samples, for which the sellers were prosecuted. The adulteration of all samples submitted for analysis was 9.8% Borough Analyst’s Report. The Borough Analyst reports “ During the past year I received the following samples for analysis Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act . . . . 294 Under the Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act 17 Total 311 The number of each variety, together with the adulterated samples, is shown in the following table : Milk . . Butter Lard Coffee Pepper. . Cheese Sugar Drugs Miscellaneous Samples Total .. Per cent. Total. Adulterated. Adulterated 115 16 13.9 37 5 13.5 28 Nil 29 1 3.4 31 Nil — 1 Nil — 1 Nil — 22 6 27.2 30 1 3.3 294 29 9.7