WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES. DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN ABOVE TABLES DURING THE WEEKS OF Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 AND 30, 1907. WEEKLY RETURNS OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED DURING THE WEEKS OF Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 AND 30, 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 November, 1907: The samples of drugs found to be adulterated were: alcohol, fluidextractum zingiberis, sodii boras, spiritus mentha piperitæ, tinctura iodi, and several proprietary medicines. The cities and towns in which samples were collected were: Abington, Arlington, Boston, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Dedham, Everett, Easton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Greenfield, Holyoke, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Malden, Medford, Methuen, Montague, Newton, New Bedford, Orange, Peabody, Plymouth, Quincy, Reading, Salem, Somerville, Springfield, Taunton, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Westfield, Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop and Woburn. PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS. Twenty-two convictions were secured during the month of November, 1907, for selling adulterated food, as follows: No. Name of Defendant. Place. Character of Article sold. Camphorated oil. 2 Contained preservative. LIST OF ADULTERATED OR IMPROPERLY LABELLED FOODS, ETC., FOR NOVEMBER, 1907. "Ontario" Brand Con- Wayne County Condensed Milk Company, Ontario Cen densed Milk. "Royal' Extract of tre, N. Y. Number of Sample. Character of Sample. Name of Manufacturer, Wholesaler or Producer. L. S. B. Delaney Drug Company, Lawrence, "My brand Libbey, McNeill & Libbey, Chicago,. Libbey, McNeill & Libbey, Chicago,. Fred Fear, 15 Jay Street, New York,. syrup. 227 O W. A. Little & Co., Andrew Square, Boston, syrup. 6556 "Merrimac " brand pure F. M. Bell, Lowell, white pepper. 6665 Compressed yeast, 6666 Compressed yeast, 6699 Compressed yeast, Old Colony Compressed Yeast Company, Results of Analyses. Condensed skimmed milk; fat in original milk, 1.9 per cent. Not a true vanilla extract. Contained coumarin. Preserved with benzoic acid. Preserved with a compound of boron. Incorrect formula; 80 per cent. cane sugar syrup, 20 per cent. maple syrup. 90 per cent. cane sugar syrup. Bay State Compressed Yeast Company, W. Whitman, 12.96 per cent. wheat starch. 105 Chambers Street, Boston. Geo. W. Parker, Burlington, Warren C. Pierce, Bridgewater, Archie Dion, Lawrence, D. C. Willard, Greenfield, Total solids, 9.26 per cent.; contained added water. William H. Baker, Syracuse, Incorporated, New York Contained 25 per cent. wheat flour. 80 Wall Street, New York City, . Contained 20 per cent. wheat flour. American Branch of P. Comar & Son & Co. (of Paris), Contained cocaine. New York. Standard Remedy Company, Boston, Archibald & Lewis, 193 Front Street, New York, |