London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1923

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

91
In conclusion, I have to report that the total adulteration
during the quarter amounted to, for formal samples, 7.5 per cent.;
for informal samples, 6.5 per cent.; and for all samples, 7.2 per
cent.
The cost of the above analyses was covered by the Analyst's
salary of £600 per annum.
Milk and Cream Regulations.
All samples of milk are examined by the Public Analyst
for the presence of preservatives, but in no case out of the 712
samples of milk taken for analysis was a preservative reported
to be present.

Table: 1. Milk and cream not sold as preserved cream:—

1. Milk and cream not sold as preserved cream:—

(a)(b)
Number of Samples examined for the presence of a preservative.Number of Samples in which a preservative was reported to be present.
Milk712Nil.
Cream32

Table: 2. Cream sold as preserved cream:—

2. Cream sold as preserved cream:—

(a) Samples submitted for analysis to ascertain if the statements on the labels as to preservatives were correct:—
1. Correct statements made11*
2. Statements incorrectNil.
Total11
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream:—
1. Above 35 per cent11
2. Below 35 „Nil.
Total11
(c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements as to labelling or declarations of preserved cream in Article V. (1) and the proviso in Article V. (2) of the Regulations have not been observed 2

Text

Copy text to clipboard

* Two of these were informal samples.