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Paddington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Analyses for the purposes of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, and the various Food
Regulations are made by the Public Analyst, Dr. Alan Stewart. The work is performed at the Royal
Institute of Public Health, 23, Queen Square, W.C.I, 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, 1936.
During 1938, samples of Water, Greens, Pork, Tinned Peas and Salmon and Shrimp Paste were
submitted for special examination. A coccus of a staphylococcus pyogenes aurens type was isolated
from the Salmon and Shrimp Paste. In no other case was any unusual feature detected.
The results of other samples analysed or bacteriologically examined are recorded elsewhere in this
Report under the appropriate headings.
Summaries of the results of analyses made by the Public Analyst during the year are given below.
The results of legal proceedings taken are summarised on page 64.
In connection with the analysis of milk samples, the Public Analyst furnishes the result of his
analysis and the following table is of interest.
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