[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Food Supplies. Sampling. Mr. H. S. Hawkins, O.B.K., B.Sc., A.R.C.S., who so ably and pleasantly carried out the duties of Public Analy.st for eight years, died early in the year. Mr. C. Harcourt Wordsworth, B.Sc., I'.R.I.C., was subsequently appointed to the vacancy. I’ifty-one formal .samples and 55 informal samples were sub- mitted for chemical analysis. Article *Milk *Channel Island Milk *Milk Powder Sample No. adversely No. of samples Number reported Formal Informal genuine upon •22 7 29 — 7 — 7 — — 2 2 — ^Sausages *Lollies Whisky ... Vitamin preparations Malt Vinegar Mineral Waters *Ice Cream *Orange Drink *()range Juice *Fruit Squashes 'Canned Salmon Teething Powders Toffee Proprietary Medicine and one each of the following which 10 1 7 4 — 5 — () 4 2 0 2 5 were all 11 7 4 6 5 0 4 3 2 o ^marmalade, *strawberry con.serve, ^concentrated gelatine, fruit cake, ground almonds. 4 genuine : jelly 1,244 '4)ntter, )owder. Remarks. Sample Xo. 1244— This was a tin of blackcurrant pastilles which were of a white ai)pearance on account of the gelatine having dried out. Tliey were old stock, and the remainder were withdrawn from sale. The average comi)Osition of the 20 sami)les of milk (excluding the Channel Island milk) was 4.()S% fat and H.07% solids not fat. Public Healfh (Preservative in Food) Regulations. The samples marked * in the i)receding table were also examined under the above Regulations and in no case was there anv contravention. Milk. 'I'he long awaited Order declaring Canterl)ury to l)e a desig- nated area came into oi>cration on the Oth December and from that date only tuberculin tested milk, i)a.steuriscd and sterilised milk were ])ermitted to be sold l)y retail, h'or many years the amount of ungraded milk .sold to consumers had been getting less and it did not exceed 1% of the total milk sold in the City in the last two or three years.