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City of Westminster 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Vender's attention calledContained respectively 2 and 4 grains of borie acid per 1b.
2 Explanation asked for and cautionedContained respectively 10.5 and 9.8 grains of boric acid per lb.
3NoactionContained respectively 10.9, 7.7 and 4.8 grains boric acid per lb.

Table: 3. Preserved Cream.

3. Preserved Cream.

1915.Number examined.Without preservative.Preservative under amount stated on label.Preservative over amount stated on label.
March quarter15114—
June quarter23320—
September quarter21—21—
December quarter241221
Total835771

Table: Adian Taken.

Adian Taken.

19 Prosecutions orderedContained respectively 36.4, 35, 35, 34 5, 3.38, 31, 30, 30, 29.7, 29 4, 29.4, 27 6, 28, 252, 25 9, 25, 238, 23.4 and 22'5 grains boric acid per lb; 15 cases were adjourned sine die. In one case an appeal lias been taken to the High Court on the point that preserved cream is a recognised article of food, consequently if boric acid is one of its component parts there can be no adulteration with that drug. (See No. 523 Npost).
4 CautionsContained respectively 25.5, 25.2, 226 and 22.4 grains boric acid per lb.
2 Vendor's attention calledContained respectively 25.2 and 21.8 grains boric acid per lb.
53 No actionContained respectively 26.6, 26, 25.2, 23.8, 21.7, 21, 20.9, 20.5, 20.3, 20.3, 20.3, 19.8, 19.7, 18.3, 18.2, 18, 17.7, 17.5, 17.5, 17, 17, 16.8, 16.6. 16.4, 16.4, 16.3, 16.1, 16.1, 16, 16.1, 15.9, 15.9,14.5, 14.3, 14, 14, 13.7, 13.3, 11.4, 11.2, 9.4, 9.1, 9, 8.4, 8.4, 8.4, 7.4, 7, 7, 7, 3, .7, and a trace of grains boric acid per lb. 50 samples contained amounts less than 22 grains, the amount fixed by the High Court as injurious.

Table: The amount of Fat in Preserved Cream was estimated in six samples in the quarter ended, June '60th last, as follows:—

The amount of Fat in Preserved Cream was estimated in six samples in the quarter ended, June '60th last, as follows:—

Fat , per cent .Boric Acid, per cent.
59.36
38.25
39.23
51.18
41.12
48.26