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Tottenham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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39
ADULTERATION, ETC.
I am indebted to the Middlesex County Council (the Authority for administering the provisions of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act) for the following information respecting samples taken in this district:
| Name of Article. | Samples | |
|---|---|---|
| Taken. | Found Adulterated. | |
| Milk | 273 | 4 |
| Milk, separated | 1 | - |
| Butter | 5 | - |
| Citron Peel | 1 | 1 |
| Gin | 5 | 2 |
| Hake | 2 | - |
| Lard | 3 | - |
| Lemon Sole | 5 | 1 |
| Meat | 6 | 2 |
| Meats, cooked | 4 | - |
| Minced Beef | 1 | - |
| Mustard | 2 | - |
| Paste, Meat and Fish | 2 | - |
| Pepper | 1 | - |
| Sausages | 16 | 6 |
| Vinegar | 3 | - |
| Whisky | 6 | 1 |
| 336 | 17 | |
Number of Prosecutions 7
Number of Convictions 2
(4 cases pending)
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Compared with 1935 there were in 1936 147 fewer notified oases
of Scarlet Fever, and there were no deaths. Of the 430 notified cases,
139 were removed to Hospital—about one third. These figures would
indicate that the system of retaining at home where possible all mild
cases of Scarlet Fever is justifiable.