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an implication of inadvertent mixing of sugar and rice
starch, another sample was taken which proved genuine.
Adulteration in two milk samples was reported for deficiency
of fat content, and three samples of milk of
inferior quality were found with less than 3 per cent,
fat. Two milk samples showed adulteration of added
water, and legal proceedings were instituted in one case,
which was dismissed on payment of 4s. costs.
The Public Analyst, commenting on a sudden
decrease in fat content during the month of September
when the fat average became subnormal, observes that
the diminution in fat content may well be the result- of
cold nights experienced, and in some cases the low fat
content may not be unconnected with the disturbances of
routine caused by air raids. There is also some evidence
to show that cows scared by bomb explosions, etc., yield
milk with a lower fat content than usual.
SECTION F. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER
DISEASES.
The following table gives particulars of incidence
of infectious disease (other than tuberculosis) during'
1940: —