WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS

DISEASES.

DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN ABOVE TABLES DURING THE WEEKS OF DEC. 7, 14, 21 AND 28, 1907.

WEEKLY RETURNS OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED DURING THE WEEKS OF DEC. 7, 14, 21 AND 28, 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 December, 1907:

The samples of drugs found to be adulterated were: alcohol, cera flava, linimentum camphoræ, liquor calcis, spiritus camphoræ, spiritus

frumenti, spiritus mentha piperitæ, tinctura iodi and several proprietary medicines.

The cities and towns in which samples were collected were: Andover, Arlington, Braintree, Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Danvers, Fitchburg, Gardner, Haverhill, Holyoke, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Newton, Northampton, Norwood, Palmer, Plymouth, Quincy, Salem, Springfield, Wakefield, Waltham, Ware, Wayland, Watertown, Westfield and Worcester.

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

Thirty-five convictions were secured during the month of December, 1907, for selling adulterated food and drugs, as follows:

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

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Name of Manufacturer, Wholesaler or Producer.

Wayne County Condensed Milk Company, Ontario Centre, N. Y.

Vermont Condensed Milk Company, Richmond, Vt.,

Jeremiah Doody, North Saugus,

John E. Anderson, Attleborough,
Seneca Cole, Attleborough,

Macdonald Bros., West Newbury, Mass.,
William Leach, Gardner, .

"Mayflower Brand"

condensed milk.

491 O

Milk,

493 O

Milk,

Philander C. Veazie, Chelsea,

Frank E McNabb, Lowell,
S. E. Ryder & Co., Wakefield,
Frank P. Moody, Lowell,

New York and Boston Drug Company, New York,

Results of Analyses.

Condensed skimmed milk; fat in original milk, 1.22 per cent.

Condensed skimmed milk; fat in original milk, 2.5 per cent.

Preserved with benzoic acid.

Preserved with a compound of boron.

Total solids, 11.68 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 10.80 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 11.06 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 11.07 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 11.03 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 11.52 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 10.77 per cent.; contained added water.
Total solids, 11.84 per cent.; fat, 2.90 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids, 11.84 per cent.; fat, 2.90 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids, 11.60 per cent.; fat, 2.70 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids, 11.34 per cent.; fat, 2.40 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

Total solids, 10.64 per cent.; fat, 2 per cent ;
skimmed milk.

Total solids, 11.65 per cent.; fat, 2.70 per cent.;
skimmed milk.

72 per cent. of required strength.
85 per cent. of required strength.
3 per cent of required strength.
40 per cent. of required strength.
40 per cent. of required strength.
Paraffin.

75 per cent. paraffin.

62.69 per cent. alcohol by volume. 47.89 per cent. alcohol by volume.