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PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK)
REGULATIONS, 1923.
Ten formal samples and two informal samples of
condensed milk were taken under these Regulations,
all of which proved to be genuine.
PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK)
REGULATIONS, 1923.
Three informal samples of dried milk were taken
during the year, each of which complied with the
Regulations.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF FOOD.
During the year, more attention has been paid
to the possible presence of harmful bacteria in milk
and other foods. Several samples of ice cream bought
from stalls in the Borough were found to contain
pathogenic bacilli to a serious extent, and it was
decided to take proceedings in one case under the
unsound food section of the Public Health (London)
Act. Upon the summons being heard, the case was
dismissed upon payment by the defendant of £5 5s.
costs, the magistrate being of opinion that the sample
in question should have been divided (on the analogy
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act) to give the
defendant the opportunity for a private analysis.
Samples of other foods were submitted to bacteriological
analysis as follows:
Milk, 7—6 being found to be unsatisfactory.
Grade A Milk, 2—found to be satisfactory.
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested Milk) 8—5 being
found unsatisfactory.
Condensed Milk, 1—found to contain streptococci,
etc.
Ice Cream, 20—the bulk of them being found
unsatisfactory.
Butter, 2—found to be unsatisfactory.