[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    49. TABLE XII. Nature of Samples submitted by Inspectors. Article. Number examined. Number genuine. Number adulterated. Per cent, adulterated. Dairy Products—Milk 468 423 45 9.6 Cheese 11 11 0 0 Butter 48 48 0 0 Condensed Milk 5 5 0 0 Dried Milk. 5 5 0 0 Edible Fats 34 34 0 0 Cereals 29 29 0 0 Meat and Fish Products 50 45 5 10.0 Te;i, Coffee, Cocoa 23 23 0 0 Condiments 47 46 1 2.1 Sugar Products 26 26 0 0 Food Substitutes—Egg, Lemons, Orange ... 2 0 2 100.0 Miscellaneous Groceries 92 92 0 0 Beer, Spirits and Wine 46 46 0 0 Drugs 71 68 3 4.2 Total 957 901 56 5.85 Twent\-thi'ee prosecutions were, instituted, H) for the cidulteration of milk with water and 4 for that of sausages. There were ‘dd convictions, and fines from £2 2s. Od. to £15 were im¬ posed. Fines amounted to £1(K) 8s; Od. and costs to £59 14s. Od. PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY. ])uring tlie ])ast year 21,487 samples have been examined (excluding all food and drug sam))les) as follows. 19 tuberculin dilutions were made and sent out. Drinking JVater— Bacteriological examinations 1,076 Chemical analyses 36 Sewage, sewage effluents, rivers and streams 27 Swabs for diphtheria bacilli ... 4,883 Cerebro spinal fluid and post nasal swabs 21 Sputum for tubercle bacilli 2,531 Blood for typhoid, paratyphoid, other Salmon I'lla, dysentery. and Br. abortus 177 Hairs and skin for ringworm 27 Specimens for venereal disease ... 1,456 Urine for tubercle bacilli, B. typhosum, B. eo i. sugar, albumin, casts, etc. 156 Faeces for typhoid, other Salmonella, and dysentery 1,004 Swabs for hsemolytic streptococci 2,710 Milk for tubercle bacilH 1,041 Milk for bacteriological examination (general) ... . . . 392 Milk—Accredited 2,967 Milk—T.T. and Pasteurised ... ... . . . 2,446 Other specimens ... 537 Total 21,487