[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XXXV.—Results of Analyses of samples taken under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, during the year 1943. Articles Total Samples Submitted F ormal Samples Informal Samples Genuine Adulterated Genuine Adulterated Milk . 1,084 773 79 216 16 Butter 31 — — 31 — Margarine 32 — — 32 — Lard 28 — — 28 — Cooking Fat 3 — — 3 — Fat 1 — — 1 — Dripping 1 — — 1 — Sausage Meat 1 — — 1 — Gelatine 15 — — — 15 Ox Tail Soup (Canned) 1 — — 1 — Tomato (Canned) 3 — — 3 — Custard Powder Substitute 2 — — 2 — Custard Powder... i — — — 1 Rice Custard i • — — i — Pepper and Pepper Compound 5 — — 5 — Ground Almond Substitute i — — 1 — Standard Sponge Mixture 2 — — 2 — Baking Powder ... 3 — — 2 1 Cochineal Compound ... 1 — — i — Ices 1 — — i — Jelly 1 — — i — Liquid Sweetener 1 — — i — Salad Dressing ... 1 — — — 1 Malt Vinegar 1 — — i — Preslact. Milk Preserver “ C ” Vitaminised Lemon 1 — 1 — — Substitute ... 1 — 1 — — Mineral Water ... 1 — — i — Orange Juice 1 — — i — Vita Tone Non-Alcoholic Tonic 2 — 1 — 1 Phos-Vita Tonic . i i “ Totals ... 1,228 773 82 338 —--- 35 The results of the legal proceedings which were taken during the year are given in the following statement :— Offences. Selling Milk containing added water (fourteen cases) ,, Milk deficient in milk fat (three cases) ,, Vita Tone Tonic with a misleading label Refusal to sell a sample of milk Penalties Imposed. (Total fines) ( „ ) ( „ ) ( „ ) £ s. d. 127 11 0 9 0 0 16 14 0 10 0 0 Warnings were given in twenty-one cases of milk fat deficiency, one of baking powder, and one of lemon substitute. In regard to three samples of gelatine, the vendors were warned and undertook to discontinue the sale of the unsatisfactory gelatine. In one ease of the sale of an article as a milk preservative (an offence against the Preservative Regulations) the vendor was warned and he stopped the manufacture of the article and surrendered his stock of labels. MILK AND DAIRIES ORDERS. The Presence of Tubercle Bacilli in Milk.—In the table which follows will be found particulars relating to the 880 bulk samples of raw milk which were taken during the year in order that the biological test might be applied. Tubercle bacilli proved to be present in 83, or 9 • 43 per cent, of the samples. TABLE XXXVI.—Results of Biological Tests of Bulk samples of Milk taken during the year 1943. Source of Sample Number of Milk Samples taken. Results of Tests. Percentage Tuberculous. Free. Tuberculous. Number of Cows slaughtered. City of Sheffield 219 201 18 8-22 *11 Yorkshire West Riding 341 299 42 12-31 25 Derbyshire 320 297 23 7-19 19 Totals 880 797 83 9-43 55 * In addition to these 11 cows from Sheffield farms which were subsequently slaughtered as a result of the initial action in taking bulk samples of milk, there were 26 cows from Sheffield farms which were slaughtered under the provisions of the Tuberculosis Order, 1938, upon being found by Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture to be •n a tuberculous condition.