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If and when these Regulations come into operation the use of boron compounds
in butter, margarine, cream, cake, etc, and salicylic acid in jams,
non-alcoholic wines, etc, will become illegal
The Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912, and the 1917
amendment thereto will be revoked
Drugs
Of 83 drugs examined, four were adulterated
E 85 Sweet Spirit of Nitre (Informal) 42 per cent, excess water
Subsequent formal sample genuine
S 89 Grey Powder (Informal) 435 per cent, deficient in mercury
S 90 Grey Powder (Informal) 844 per cent, deficient in mercury
M 64 Purified Borax (Informal) Contained 50 parts Arsenic per
million Subsequent formal sample genuine
Prescriptions under the National Health Insurance Act
13 samples were analysed One sample was adulterated
A 47 (Informal) contained 215 per cent, excess of sodium salicylate
A formal sample from the same vendor was genuine
Miscellaneous Samples
Private Purchaser—Three samples were examined, viz:—1 Stout, 1 Ground
Ginger and 1 Honey
Borough Engineer—1 sample of Carbolic Powder and 1 sample of Sanitary
Fluid were examined for the Borough Engineer
Public Health Department—35 samples were examined for the Public
Health Department consisting of:—
Medicine 5, Formalin 4, Milk Powder 3, Rag Flock 3, Wood Wool 1,
Fruit Pulp 2 Plums 2, Water 2, Liquid Egg 2, Tinned Meat 2, Condensed
Milk 2, Carbolic Powder 2, Dried Peaches 1, Butter 1, Disinfecting Fluid 1,
Boiled Milk 1, Tinned Pilchards 1
None of these samples requires any comment
I wish here to acknowledge the valuable help given me in the Laboratory
by Miss J Brown
I have the honour to be,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
DOUGLAS HENVILLE,
Borough Analyst,
Chemical Laboratory,
43, White Horse Street, El
May, 1925