[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.
- West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4- y *Br oug ht ’forward 3 3 1 Bac on 0 0 c Sausage * V 5 1 13 Babbits . » . • 1 0 O <i..Cb%;ese:.t . •••* • 3 c Ets . ■ 3 / Canned ..foods: cuts . ers. lb 3 Canned Meat 16 2 3. • Fish . 6 C 0 * Fruit 6 1 6 . • Jam , 7 3 6 M Vegetables 10 3 5 M hi lk 10 0 0 2 17 1 20 miscellaneous 1 18 TOTAL, 7 9 2 10 Food and Drug's Act., 1938. A total of 241 sample's1 of, foods add drugs was taken for chemical analysis during the year and of this number llg were milk and 126 other foods and drugs. A table' of the samples submitted for analysis is appended. r 1 Sanpl 3S analysed Satisfactory* Onsfb r i (Adul' sfactorv mrnted) Milk Other' food*, 5 Milk Other foods Milk Other foot: 1st Quartet* 37 22 39 ■ 22 ■2 2nd l8 33 •18 31 ■ 0 3rd 20 20 19 19 1 .L 4th . 4.0 91 •39 50 1 1 1_ _ TOTALS ' ' • 115 • 126 ■ ill ' 122 4 Of the 241 samples submitted for analysis. 8 were cert::; as adulterated or 3-3 P^r cent of the total samples taken, percentage of milk samples adulterated was 3*5 and °thcr foot and drugs 3«1« The following tab] 0 givv. s particulars of'the sdulterat, samples and action taken. Ho. of Sample Article Deficiency or Adulteration, Action taken 6762 Milk Contained 1% Vendor warned (Informal) of Vinegar 6767 Milk Contained approx- Action t' ken (Ihforrnal) imately 5 parts under Sv.ctier per 100,000 of Food and Drugs extraneous dirt Act,/ 1938. (Se^ also o'unple l To. 6853) • -8797 Egg Substitut* i Contained onlv Powder. 1.53>i> of Carbon /endor tiui : (Informs1) Dioxide. ■ « —-_-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3025985x_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
