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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 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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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.
Milk697*Nil.
Cream6Nil.

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 made14
2. Statements incorrect-
Total14
(b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream:-
1. Above 35 per cent14
2. Below 35 „Nil.
Total14

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(c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the
ments 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.
(d) Particulars of each case in which the Regulations
have not been complied with and action taken.
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
* One of these was a sample of skimmed milk.