WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS

DISEASES.

DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN ABOVE TABLES DURING THE WEEKS OF OCT. 5, 12, 19 AND 26, 1907.

WEEKLY RETURNS OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED DURING THE WEEKS OF OCT. 5, 12, 19 AND 26, 1907.

[Under the provisions of section 52 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws.]

The following summary presents the results of the examination of food and drugs made by the State Board of Health during the month of October, 1907:

The samples of drugs found to be adulterated were: alcohol, cera flava, fluidextractum zingiberis, linimentum camphoræ, spiritus camphoræ, spiritus frumenti, spiritus vini gallici, tinctura iodi, and several proprietary preparations.

The cities and towns in which samples were collected were: Adams, Athol, Bedford, Brockton, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Chelmsford, Everett, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Milton, New Bedford, North Adams, Northampton, North Brookfield, Pittsfield, Salem, Somerville, Southbridge, Spencer, Springfield, Stoneham, Stoughton, Sudbury, Waltham, Webster, Westborough, Westfield, Winchester and Worcester.

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

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

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

Name of Manufacturer, Wholesaler or Producer.

Results of Analyses.

Wayne County Condensed Milk Company, Ontario Condensed skimmed milk, fat in original milk,
Centre, N. Y.,

Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind., .
Adolph Prince, Grand Street, New York,

Crown Cordial and Extract Company, New York,

Hub Cocoa Works, Boston,

Cocoa Cream Company, Boston,

Joseph Manghan, East Fairhaven, Mass.,

George F. Noyes, Dracut, Mass.,

Hayes & Pierson Company, Fitchburg, Mass.,
Union Drug Store, Fall River, Mass.,

F. E. Mole, Adams, Mass.,

The Williams & Charlton Company, Hartford, Conn.,

1.8 per cent.

Condensed skimmed milk, fat in original milk,
2.7 per cent.

Preserved with salicylic acid.

Preserved with benzoic acid.

57 per cent. cane sugar.

60 per cent. cane sugar.

Total solids 11.89 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.77 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.80 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 11.24 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.72 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids 10.73 per cent.; fat 1.70 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 11.40 per cent.; fat 2.75 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 11.80 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids 10.73 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

fat 2.45 per cent.;

fat 2.50 per cent.;

Total solids 10.80 per cent.; fat 2.30 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

60 per cent. of U. S. P. strength.
41 per cent. of U. S. P. strength.
56 per cent. of U. S. P. strength.
55 per cent. of U. S. P. strength.