[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council.

  • Gloucestershire (England). County Council. n 50061360.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Other Food and Drugs calling for comment:— A.849 Minced chicken Informal .. Remarks on the amount of chicken. B.1018 Ground rice Informal .. Whole rice B.1020 Treacle butterscotch Informal .. Further sample requested. B.1072 Whole ginger Informal .. Somewhat musty B.1073 Pork sausages Formal .. 60 per cent. meat. Poor quality. C.1014 Teething powder Informal .. No mercury. C.1015 Grey powder B.P. Informal ... Diluted with 50 per cent of lactose. C.1046 Pork sausages Formal .. 62.2 per cent pork meat. Poor quality. C.1047 Beef sausages Formal .. 48.6 per cent beef meat. Poor quality. A.902 Blackcurrant jam Informal .. Poor quality. Total soluble solids 67.8 per cent against required minimum 68.5 per cent. A.963 Pork pie Informal .. Poor quality. Only 16.7 per cent meat. B.1142 Cascara segrade B.P.C. .. Informal .. Carton stated article was B.P. preparation. Bottle correctly labelled as B.P.C. B.1216 New cream flavoured toffee Informal No butterfat. Comment on size of the word “ flavoured.” A.1011 Malt vinegar \ Informal Sucrose declared as being used. Ministry to be asked for their views of this practice. C.1295 Pure fresh cream Informal .. Complaint of bitter taste not substantiated. B.1311 Dried Peas Informal .. A few fragments of metal. Repeat sample satisfactory. C.1315 Saccharin tablets Informal .. Saccharin 0.24 grains. Order requires 0.18 to 0.22 grains. Repeat sample satisfactory. Waters, Effluents, Etc. Summary Wells, Springs and Boreholes 46 Mains Supply 41 Sewage and Sewage Effluents, etc. .. 19 Miscellaneous 9 115 Eighty-seven samples of drinking water were submitted—of these, 45 were satisfactory. The remainder gave evidence of pollution or contamination on chemical or bacterilogical examination.