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Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
No contraventions of the provisions of this Order were reported during the year.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
Of the 600 samples taken during the year, 19 (3.1 per cent.) were found to be "not of the nature,
or not of the substance, or not of the quality demanded by the purchaser."
This compares with 3.0 per cent. in 1932 and 3.9 per cent. in 1931.
Forty-five of the samples were taken on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Of these, 2 were
adulterated.
Thirty-nine samples of milk were taken at Paddington Station on delivery by rail. Seven were
found to be adulterated.
Twenty samples of milk were obtained at Paddington Station at the request of other Boroughs.
Sampling of Milk Supplies to Public Institutions.—There are 11 institutions and 18 Schools from
which samples of milk are taken periodically. Thirty-one samples were taken during 1933, all of
which were returned as genuine.
Sampling of Milk from Automatic Machines.—Automatic machines for supplying milk are in
use at eight premises in the Borough. From these, during 1933 eight samples were taken for chemical
analysis, one of which was reported to be deficient in fat to the extent of 5 per cent.
Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations, 1925 to 1927.
With few exceptions all samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act were
examined for the presence of preservatives. One sample of pepper and one of sausages were found
to contain respectively 55 parts per million of sulphur dioxide and 0.24 per cent. of boric acid. No
formal action, other than a caution to the vendor of the sausages, was deemed necessary.
Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, 1923 and 1927.
During the year one sample of full cream unsweetened, one of full cream sweetened, and nine
samples of skimmed sweetened condensed milk were taken. All were found to comply with the
Regulations.
Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923 and 1927.
One simple of dried milk was taken during 1933, which complied with the Regulations.
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Analyses for the purposes of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and the various Food
Regulations were made by the Public Analyst, Dr. Alan Stewart. The work is performed at the
Royal Institute of Public Health, 23, Queen Square, W.C.1, where also bacteriological examinations
are made of food suspected of being deleterious, and of samples of milk procured under the provisions
of the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
During 1933 the following samples were submitted for special examination, viz.:—
Beef, suspected to have caused food poisoning. Report—Organism isolated which gave
the cultural and fermentative reactions approximating to B. Morgan No. 1.
Apple pie, suspected to have caused food poisoning. Bacteriological Report.—Cultures
showed the pie to have been heavily contaminated by coliform bacteria. No organisms of the
Salmonella or Dysentery groups observed. Chemical Report.-—No arsenic or other poisonous
substance detected to account for the symptoms complained of.