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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1942
141 consignments of foodstuffs of all kinds suspected to be
unsound were examined at the request of the owners. After the
articles had been rendered unsaleable the owners were granted a
certificate to this effect.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941.
Applications were received from 191 persons for their
names to be entered on the Council's Register of sellers of
poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List. 305 inspections
under these Acts were made by the Food Inspectors.
FACTORIES AND WORSHOPS.
There were 1,241 factories and workshops on the Register
at the end of 1942, and in addition 573 persons were receiving
work to be done in their own homes.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST.
Owing to war conditions only 1,469 samples were submitted,
27 being formal and 1,442 informal. All the formal
samples were milk. The samples submitted for analysis consisted
of 349 milk, 992 other foodstuffs and 128 drugs.
Twelve of the samples of milk were found to be adulterated
The average composition of the milk analysed during the year
was:—Total milk solids, 12.44, fat, 3-63, non-fatty
solids, 8.81. Ten samples of other foodstuffs were found to
be adulterated, or not as described on the label, viz. :—Two
of mixed spice containing 70 and 50 parts of lead per
million; beef sausages containing 80 parts per million sulphur
dioxide; two of table cream powders containing 900 parts per
million sulphur dioxide and 330 parts per million of zinc;
. Seidlitz powder "Extra Strong" supplied; jelly crystals excessive
gritty deposit; egg powder excessive acidity; baking
powder fluorine 2,900 parts per million and arsenic 4 parts
per million; self-raising flour fluorine 50 parts per million.
Samples of the following substances were analysed:
Arrowroot, 5 samples; but tier, 87; cake, 31; cereals, 19;