The samples of drugs found to be adulterated were: spiritus camphoræ, tincture iodi and several proprietary preparations.

The cities and towns in which samples were collected were: Attleborough, Beverly, Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Duxbury, Gloucester, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marblehead, Newburyport, Newton, North Adams, Plymouth, Salem, Somerville, Springfield, Swampscott, Taunton, Waltham, Wayland, Williamstown and Worcester.

PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS.

Twenty-one convictions were secured during the month of July, 1907, for selling adulterated food and drugs and cocaine preparations, as follows:

LIST OF ADULTERATED OR IMPROPERLY LABELLED FOODS, ETC., FOR JULY, 1907.

Name of Manufacturer, Wholesaler or Producer.

Results of Analyses.

Eastern Tea and Coffee Company, 109 Fulton street, Admixture of corn starch.
Boston, Mass.

Cudahy Canning Company, U. S. A.,
Alart & McGuire, New York, N. Y.,

J. Weller Company, Cincinnati, O.
Squire, Dinger Company, Chicago, Ill.,
Northside Packing Company, Cincinnati, O.,

Herbert Andrews, Essex Mass.,

Admixture of corn meal.

Total solids 10.71 per cent. ; contained added water.
Total solids 8.99 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 9.13 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 8.71 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 8.60 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.87 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.44 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.39 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 9.76 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.60 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.20 per cent.; fat 1.40 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 11.44 per cent.;
skimmed milk.
Total solids 11.43 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 11.31 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 10.70 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 11.19 per cent.; skimmed milk.

fat 2.20 per cent.;

fat 2.00 per cent.;

fat 1.85 per cent.;

fat 1.60 per cent.;

fat 1.90 per cent.;

5899

Spirit of camphor,

Ginter Grocery Company, Boston and Lowell, Mass.,

Total solids 10.37 per cent.; colored with annatto, and contained added water.

Total solids 8.80 per cent.; colored with annatto, and contained added water.

Total solids 13.22 per cent.; contained a boron preservative.

40 per cent. of U. S. P. strength.

During the month of July, 1907, 182 dairies were examined in the following places:

The names of the owners of the dairies found to be worthy of com

At a meeting of the State Board of Health, held on July 9, 1907, the Board, in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of chapter 537 of the Acts of 1907, divided the State into the following health districts:Health District No. 1.- Includes the counties of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket, and the town of Wareham.

Health District No. 2. - Includes the cities of Fall River and New Bedford, and the towns of Acushnet, Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fairhaven, Freetown, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rehoboth, Rochester, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport.

Health District No. 3. Includes Plymouth County, exclusive of the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Wareham, and, in addition, the towns of Cohasset and Weymouth.

Health District No. 4.- Includes the cities of Quincy and Taunton, and the towns of Attleborough, Avon, Bellingham, Blackstone, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Easton, Foxborough, Franklin, Holbrook, Hyde Park, Mansfield, Milton, Norfolk, Norton, North Attleborough, Norwood, Plainville, Randolph, Raynham, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood and Wrentham.