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Bethnal Green 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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99
PUBLIC HEALTH (PRESERVATIVES, &c., IN
FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925 to 1927.

Table: Six formal and three informal samples taken under these Regulations were found to contain preservatives, as follow:—

Six formal and three informal samples taken under these Regulations were found to contain preservatives, as follow:—

Pork Sausages60 parts per million of sulphur dioxide
Beef Pieces110 „ „ „ „ „
„70 „ „ ,, ,, „
„55 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
Beef Sausages8 grs. per lb. boracic acid
,,5.6 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
Cream0.18% = 12.5 grs. per lb. boracic acid
,,01.9% =13.3 „ „ „ „ „

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MILK.
The more efficient organisation of the milk trade
in London has probably raised the general quality of
the milk supplied as well as improving the service.
Much still remains to be done, however, before we can
regard the milk supply as satisfactory. Methods of
production and distribution are discussed elsewhere in
this report. Here it may be pointed out that the percentage
of adulterated samples of milk is still as high
as 5.23 per cent. It is moreover disquieting to observe
the weakness of the law in dealing with poor quality
milk actually below the legal standard, but sold " as
given by the cow." No samples were taken directly,
from the cow from any cowshed in the borough during
the year. In former years such samples have frequently
revealed a low standard, as is perhaps inevitable from
the altogether artificial life led by the cow in a congested
urban area, without proper exercise or natural food.