[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMONSES ISSUED DURING 1921, UNDER TIIE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. No. of Adulteration Sample Article. or Offence. Fines. Remarks. £ s. d. 84 Milk . . 00 0*1 0^ added water. . retailer ; to pay costs. 86 Do. . . 15% do. ] farmer supplying No. 84 ; dismissed. 87 Do. . . vO 0'^ O M do. Summons wrongly J dated. 95 Do. . . 6 .t°/ 0 5 /o do. retailer; to pay costs. 103 Do. . . 6*5% do. do. ; dismissed under Probationers Act. 104 Do. . . n% do. ) wholesaler to No. 103. 105 Do. . . *<T cCv do. - dismissed under Pro- bationers Act. 119 Do. . . r>0/ 9 /o do. 2 0 O 1 and costs. Farmer’s 120 Do. . . 7% do. 2 0 O second conviction, fined in year 1918. 149 Do. . . 8% do. 2 0 O retailer. 152 Do. 15% do. • . farmer ; to pay 17s. 6d. costs. 0 O Guinea Pig Tests.—During the year, in addition to the samples of milk submitted to the City Analyst, 98 samples were sent to the School of Medicire for examination for the presence of the tubercle bacillus. Two (or 2 per cent.) were found to be positive. One of these was from a cow in one of city herds, which was isolated and later destroyed. The other was from milk supplied by a farm outside the city. The Veterinary inspector visited the farm in question and found two cows both exhibiting symptoms of tuberculosis of the udder. Both cows were isolated and the milk ordered to be destroyed, the farmer being warned of his responsibili¬ ties under the Milk Clauses of the Leeds Corporation (General Powers) Act, 1901. The Medical Officer of Health for the district was informed of the presence of these infected animais in the herd and asked to take such steps as lay within his power to ensure that the milk from them was not sold for public consumption. This he did. Milk and Cream Regulations.—All samples of milk submitted for analysis were examined for boric compounds or other preserva- '\