[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contraventions removed :— Persons ceasing to sell Part II. Poisons from unlisted premises .. .. .. .. .. 18 Persons selling Part II. Poisons from unlisted premises who have subsequently applied for listing .. .. .. .. . . . . 2 Listed sellers who have corrected labels found to be not in accordance with requirements as to labelling . . .. .. .. .. .. 140 Listed sellers ceasing to sell Part I. Poisons from listed premises . . .. .. .. .. 3 Listed sellers who have discontinued the use of term “ Pharmacy ” to describe listed premises 1 FOOD AND DRUGS. FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS. RAG FLOCK. Food and Drugs-.—The Sampling Officers took 332 formal and 67 informal samples of food other than milk and cream. The total number of formal samples of all kinds taken during the year was 2,151 and of informal 135. For the results of the analyses of these samples see the City Analyst’s report on page 208. Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926.—During the year 26 samples, all informal in character, were taken under the above- mentioned Act and submitted to the Agricultural Analyst for examination. Of this number 21 were samples of feeding stuffs and 5 of fertilisers. Two samples of feeding stuffs were found not to comply with the statutory statement, but when attempts were made in each case to obtain a formal sample the material in stock had been disposed of. One fertiliser, a sample of sulphate of lime, was found to be slightly deficient in phosphoric acid, probably due to deterioration during storage prior to sale. The vendor was warned in this case. During the year an attempt was made by a firm to place a fertiliser on the market in the city in respect of which no statutory