[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B.—Adulterated Samples. Name of Article. Nature and Amount of Adulteration. t r3 o> . O) w o 5c o a Sh Ph 6 • pH Ph CO ■+= to O O Remarks. New Milk >> 5? ?? 5 > 5 > Added Water 4*12 per cent 7 65 per cent.. 4-71 per cent.. 1*65 per cent.. 3-53 percent.. 7*53 per cent.. 4*7 ner cent.. 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 Deficient in Milk Fat 3 % „ 3% ? 5 Butter Fat other than Butter Fat 100 per cent. 55 Fat other than Butter Fat 100 per cent. Yes Boracic Ointment. Margarine ... Made with Yellow Parafin instead of White Parafin... 55 White pitate ment 55 ... ,, ., 55 5) ••• ... Somewhat deficient in Preci- Boracic Acid ... Oint- White Parafin Ointment . and some other ingredient ... Somewhat deficient in Ammoniated Mercury The Vendors were writ¬ ten to by the Town Clerk resu¬ lting in an ! interview ) in each case \ the explan¬ ations given were consi¬ dered b y the Com¬ mittee and found satis¬ factory. / Informal I Sample. J The next sample was j snbsequen- / tly taken. | ( Absconded. Police not ! ( able to trace. ( Enclosed in -l a wrapper ( marked v ‘Margarine.’ Instructions given to the Town Clerk to write to the vendors stating J these sam- \ ]iles do not quite com¬ ply with the British Ph- armocopeia. Satisfactory explana¬ tions yiven Analyst’s Remarks. The following remarks1 are taken from the quarterly reports of the City Analyst (Dr. Chaplin) :—• Report for First Quarter of 1912. “ 1 beg1 to report that during the quarter ending March 31st,