[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough.
- Slough (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1958
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Milk Ice-Cream Spirits 313 samples 50 ’ ’ 30 ’ ’ Milk An endeavour was made to sample and test every source and classification of milk on sale within the Borougho As mentioned earlier in this section, the milk supply to the town comes from over 100 farms and as a routine measure each individual farmer’s consignment to the two large processing dairies in Slough is sampled from time to time. In fact, each churn of each consignment is checkedo In 1958 it was found that in a few cases milk from individual churns was below the minimum standard of 3% fat and 8.5% non fatty solids, but that the general level of the whole consignment of churns when averaged was satisfactoryo Certain producers were found to have a fairly consistently poor quality milk. Added water was found in 10 formal samples, all from one producer against whom summary proceedings were institutedo The average composition of all samples examined during the year which can be considered as satisfactory, was as follows:- Channel Islands Milk - 4.4% fat and 9.2% solids-not-fat. Other Milk - 3.6% fat and 8.66% solids-not-fat. Ice-Cream All samples of ice-cream sampled during the year and tested in the Departmental laboratory were of satisfactory compositional quality, Spirits An attempt is made to check on all spirits sold at licensed premises to determine the degree of proof and to detect adulteration During 1958, a sample of whisky was found to contain added water Summary proceedings were instituted Local Food Manofactories Each year articles of food manufactured within the Borough are sampled. In 1958, all such samples were found to be satisfactory. Preservatives and Colouring F;]atter During the year, 106 samples of food were examined by the Public Analyst to check on the presence of prohibited](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30090507_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
