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Public Health Department. 88 samples examined for the.
Department consisted of:-
4 Bread 4. Fruit 8 Tinned Fish
1 Cement 2 Fruit Juice 1 „ Fruit
2 Citric Acid 2 Gelatine 4 „ Jam
2 Cocoa 1 Lemonade 5 „ Meat
2 Condensed Milk 2 Meat 1 „ Soup
10 Confectionery 1 Pickles 6 „ Vegetables
20 Cooked Meats , 1 Tea 1 Tomatoes
1 Fat 1 Spices 1 Tomato Paste.
5 Flour
Of these, 11 were unsatisfactory as shown below
Pl8. Bread. Contained excrement of mice.
P71. Bread. Contaminated with oil.
P5. Cocoa. Old stock 5 rancid.
p6. Cocoa. „
P78. Coconut Filling. Rancid.
P90. Desiccated Coconut. „
P79. Condensed Milk. Sour taste or smell.
P23. Sardines in Soya Oil. Rancid taste.
P75. Sponge Sandwich. Contaminated with soot.
P77. Tinned Mandarines. 560 parts per million of Tin.
P56. Tinned Pork. 285 „ „ „
Arsenic in Fruit. 4 samples of imported fruit were
examined and found: to be satisfactory, showing only traces
of arsenic.
Food Executive Officer. 1 sample of Bread was examined for
the Food Executive Officer.
Private Purchasers 1 sample of Sauce and 1 sample of Sausage
Casings were examined for private purchasers.
I wish to express my indebtedness to Mr. C.J.P. McGinn,
B.Sc.(Lond.),A.R.I.C., for his capable assistance during the
year and also my appreciation of the interest and co-operation
shown by the staff of the Food Section in- the work of the
Laboratory.
I have the honour to be, Ladies & Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant.
W.M. PAULLEY,
Public Analyst.
43 White Horse Road,
E.1. -46-