[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    $3 Of the samples returned by the analyst as not genuine pro¬ ceedings were instituted in 18 cases and details of those are given in the table of summonses, on page 82. The other samples of milk returned as adulterated were dealt with as follows :— Warned by Medical Officer of Health . . . . 38 Adulteration slight . . . . . . . . 13 Old offenders to whom a warning was considered useless, and whose * samples were not sufficiently adulterated to ensure a conviction 11 Milks forming part of a series, on three of which farmer was prosecuted and convicted . . 4 Informal samples .. . . . . . . . . 5 Skim Milk.—One sample of skim milk was sold by a dealer who was adding water to new milk and selling it as skim milk. It was pointed out to him that this was not allowed. He was ordered to discontinue and has done so. The other sample of skim milk con¬ tained 3*5 per cent, of added water, and owing to the small adultera¬ tion no proceedings were taken nor warning administered. Cream.—The infringement of the law in regard to the two cases of cream was an oversight on the part of an assistant in regard to labelling. The head of the firm was warned in each case. Butter.—Both adulterated samples were from one dealer who was found to be hawking margarine from street to street and selling it as farmer’s butter. He was fined £20 or two months’ imprisonment, and elected to go to prison. Margarine.—Of the 16 samples of margarine 13 were sold without the proper, label. Of the 13 cases 9 were prosecuted and fined, and 4 were warned. Whiskey .—There were five samples of whiskey which contained more water than the legal limit. Two were informal samples. In two cases the adulteration was very slight. One vendor was pro¬ secuted and fined. Rum.—Of the two adulterated samples one was informal, and in the case of the other a conviction was obtained. Drugs.—Of the drugs, although eight samples were found not to be according to the standard of the British Pharmacopoeia, the deviation from the standard was very slight with regard to the Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine, the Camphorated Oil and the Spirits of Nitre. The samples of Mercury Ointment varied very much in quality. The reason seemed to be that the druggists in question stocked two strengths of ointment, that according to the official standard being sold on presenting a medical prescription and the other if the synonym “ blue ointment ” was used. The offending dealers were cautioned in all cases.