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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
CREAM AND PRESERVED CREAM.
Owing to the restrictions placed on cream by the Cream Order,
1917, and the difficulty of -obtaining samples, only one sample of
cream was taken during the year, which, on analysis, proved
genuine.
Butter and Margarine.
BUTTER.
523 samples of butter were submitted for analysis during the
year, of which nine or 17 per cent, were reported against.
MARGARINE.
28 samples of margarine were submitted for analysis, and all
returned as genuine.
OTHER ARTICLES.
A full list of the articles of food and drugs examined under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, together with the analytical results,
is contained in the Report of the Public Analyst at the end of this
Report.
STAFF.
As I was still on service in the London District I was able to
keep to some extent in touch with the work. Dr. Oliver Field, who
was Deputy Medical Officer of Health, continued to supervise the
work of the Department, and was of great service to the other
officials in the Department.
At the Tuberculosis Dispensary, in the absence of Dr. Caley,
Dr. P. Nicol carried out the work at both Dispensaries in a very
thorough and satisfactory manner.