London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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West Ham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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CHANNEL ISLANDS MILK, Twenty-one informal samples of Channel Islands Milk were
examined* One sample contained less than the minimum limit of 4 per cent fat.
CONDENSED MILKS. Seventeen samples of Sweetened Condensed Milk were examined.
Full Cream. Four formal and three informal.
Machine Separated» Ten informal.
The composition of all these samples complied with the Regulations.
DRUGS* One hundred and nineteen samples of Drugs were examined, eleven formal and
one hundred and eight informal.
There was no adulteration,
PRESERVATIVES. There was no contravention of the Preservatives Regulations.
Other samples examined during the year were:-
Fertilisers & Feeding Stuffs Act. Eighteen samples of Feeding Stuffs, ten of which
failed to comply with the guaranteed composition.
Twenty four samples of Fertilisers, ten of which failed to comply with the guaranteed
composition.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act„ Two samples, "both of which were satisfactory.
Rag Flock Regulations. Three samples, all of which were satisfactory*
For the Public Health Department,
One cheese.
Two well waters.
Two flourso
One chalko
For the Borough Engineer's Department*
Two sewage effluents.
For the Town Clerk's Department.
Three explosives.
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