[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DRUGS. Forty-five samples were received and of these six were reported as of “ poor or doubtful ” quality, but none as adulterated. One sample of Ammouiated Tincture of Quinine contained nearly 15 per cent, excess of Quinine above the required amount ; this might have been due almost entirely to the fact that on keeping, Sulphate of Quinine loses moisture ver} readily; another sample was four per cent, deficient in spirit, whilst a third sample contained 11 per cent, of Ammonia in excess. • PRESERVATIVES. The effect of the Preservatives Regulations of 1925, which came into force in 1927 and 1928, has been to almost entirely prevent the use of Boric Acid or its compounds in the Borough—no sample of Cream, INIargarine, Sausages, or Sponge Cakes having been found to contain it, whilst of 50 samples of Butter and nine of Mincemeat, four, contained traces only—these four, however, have been classed as adulterated.” Sulphurous x\cid or Sulphites, as allowed by the Regulations, have been detected in two samples of Jam, three of Sausages, 12 of Beer, one of Stout, sev^en of Mincemeat and 12 of Non-Alcoholic drinks. Benzoic Acid or Benzoates was found in one sample of Lemon Squash. Formaldehyde and Salicylic Acid were not found in any sample. The total number of samples in which Preserva- tives were sought was 407.