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

Battersea 1925

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925

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Table: Milk and Cream Regulations, 1912-17.1. Milk and cream not sold as preserved cream :—

Milk and Cream Regulations, 1912-17.1. Milk and cream not sold as preserved cream :—

(a)Number of Samples examined for the presence of a preservative.(b)Number of Samples in which a preservative was reported to be present.
Milk809*Nil.
Cream7†Nil.

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2. Cream sold as preserved cream :—
(а) Samples submitted for analysis to ascertain if the
statements on the labels as to preservatives were
correct:—
1. Correct statements made 11*
2. Statements incorrect Nil.
Total 11*
(б) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as
preserved cream:—
1. Above 35 per cent 11*
2. Below 35 „ Nil.
Total 11*
(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
Nil.
3. Thickening substances :—
Any evidence of their addition to cream or to
preserved cream and action taken when
found Nil.
4. Other observations (if any) Nil.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
(Vide Circular 360 of the Ministry of Health.)
5. Action taken under Section 4 of the Milk and Dairies
(Amendment) Act, 1922 :—
* One of these was an informal sample,
† Two of these were informal samples.