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REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC
ANALYST FOR 1955
The Public Analyst, J. E. Woodhead, B.Sc., F.R.I.C., Ph.C.
reports as follows. By virtue of the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act, 1938-1954, 1,000 samples were examined during the year
ended 31st December, 1955, 927 of these were articles of food, and
the remaining 73, drugs. All were submitted by the Council's Food
Inspector, 219 having been taken with the formalities required by the
Act and 781 informally.
Samples of the following substances were analysed: fats (butter,
margarine, etc.), 32; beverages (cocoa, coffee, etc.), 19; cereal
preparations, 26; cream, 27; fish, canned, 22; fruit (canned and
dried), 58; meat products (including sausages), 81; milk, 253;
pickles and condiments (including spices), 87; preserves, 35; soup, 24;
vegetables, 31; friars balsam, 8; iodine solutions, 5; ointments, 11;
seidlitz powders, 8; borax, 8.
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