Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg.

  • Johannesburg (South Africa)
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the public health and sanitary circumstances of Johannesburg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION OF FOODSTUFFS. The following goods were condemned by the Foods and Drugs Inspectors.— Fish, 40,574 lbs.; smoked fish, 218 boxes; sardines, 5 cases and 129 tins; cray¬ fish, 127; fillet, 1,158 boxes; herrings, 146 boxes; kippers, 81 boxes; fish, 127 bottles. During the period under review they passed 542,277 lbs. of bacon, etc., and 10,671,853 lbs. of fish. ANALYSIS OF FOODS, ETC. Milk.—Appended is a tabulated summary of the results of analyses and prosecutions. 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 Number of Samples taken 298 544 530 Number examined bacterially . 91 45 — Number deficient Solids-not Fat 21 16 38 Number deficient Fat ... 20 18 23 Number of Preservatives — 4 Number of Prosecutions 17 14 8 Amount of Fines . £2S £27 £14 10s. In addition to the 554 water examinations (see page 25), 678 articles of food, etc., were examined during 1928-29 at the Government Laboratories. Details are appended:— Description. Milk Sugar Butter Pepper Corned Bee: Coffee Flock Genuine or Pure. 50-1 20 28 20 2 65 2 Adulterated or Impure. 26 This is B*21 samples per annum per 1,000 of the white population. MILK SUPPLIES AND DAIRY INSPECTION. Milk control is exercised by inspection of dairies inside the Municipal Area and inspection of dairies outside the Area. (a) Inspection of Dairies Inside the Municipal Area. Apart from routine inspection of dairies bv District Sanitary Inspectors, the following synopsis shows the inspections made and duties carried out by the City Dairy Inspector. The number of dairies scored was 90, a decrease of 20 on the previous year. A tendency continues for town dairies either to give up keeping cows and to pro¬ cure milk from outside, or themselves to move outside the City Area. The highest score was 93'75, and 78 dairies scored over 50 per cent. Of the dairies scored outside the City Area, numbering 29, the highest score was 99 and all scored over 50 per cent. 21 Raw milk depots were scored, the highest score being 98 per cent., and 4 Pasteurising milk depots were scored, the highest being 100 per cent. Gold medals were awarded to the best dairy inside the area (with a score of 142-375 points out of a possible 160), the best dairy outside the area retailing milk within the area (150‘875 points out of a possible 160), and the best raw milk depot (153‘5 points out of a possible 160). Points were awarded for (a) Bacterial Content (b) Chemical Analysis, and (c) Visible Dirt tests, in conjunc¬ tion with the quarterly score-card figures.