[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Samples analysed for the Tramways and Trans¬ port Department .. i ,, ,, ,, ,, Works and Supplies Department .. 4 ,, ,, ,, ,, General Infirmary . . 2 ,, ,, ,, ,, West Riding Regional Smoke Abatement Com¬ mittee :— Rain Gauges .. 60 Light Tests .. 1,380 Sulphur Dioxide Tests 24 Consultant Work Analyses .. .. .. .. 6 Total .. .. .. .. 4,010 FOOD AND DRUGS. The table on pages 241 and 242 summarises the samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, along with the number and percentage of adulterations. The percentage of samples found to be adulterated was 7-7 as compared with 9-4 for 1933, and 5-5 for England and Wales in the latter year. Of samples other than milk i-8 per cent, were adulterated as compared with 41 per cent, for the previous year. Milk.—Ot 1,788 samples, 174 (9-7 per cent.) failed to conform to Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901. This not only represents an improvement on the 11-3 per cent, figure for 1933, but incidentally is the lowest annual milk adulteration figure in Leeds for the past seven years, that is, since the appointment of a full time analyst. Of the 174 samples adulterated 33 contained added water, 125 were fat deficient, and 16 shewed both added water and fat deficiency. The greatest amount of added water was 26-4 per cent., and the greatest fat deficiency 25-0 per cent. All the samples were free from preservatives and colouring matter. Whilst fat deficiency accounted for the greatest number of milks below standard, it is