WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES. DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN ABOVE TABLES DURING THE WEEKS OF APRIL 6, 13, 20 AND 27, 1907. WEEKLY RETURNS OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED DURING THE WEEKS OF APRIL 6, 13, 20 AND 27, 1907. [Under the provisions of section 52 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws.] MONTHLY REPORT ON INSPECTION OF FOOD AND DRUGS. The following summary presents the results of the examinations of food and drugs made by the State Board of Health during the month of April, 1907: The samples of drugs found to be adulterated were: spiritus camphoræ, tinctura iodi and several proprietary preparations. The cities and towns in which samples were collected were: Attleborough, Boston, Braintree, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Dedham, Fall River, Gloucester, Haverhill, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough, Newburyport, Newton, New Bedford, Quincy, Salem, Somerville, South Framingham, Springfield, Taunton, Watertown and Waltham. PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS. Thirty-eight convictions were secured during the month of April, 1907, for selling adulterated food and drugs, as follows: Fall River, Fall River, Boston, Fall River, Frankfurt sausages. Frankfurt sausages. Maple sugar (85 per cent. cane sugar). Maple sugar (75 per cent. cane sugar). Maple sugar (75 per cent. Milk (total solids, 11.70). Milk (total solids, 9.75). Milk (total solids, 11.45). Milk (total solids, 8.44). Milk(colored with annatto). Mince meat. Boston, New Bedford, Shrimps. Shrimps. Tincture of iodine. LIST OF ADULTERATED OR IMPROPERLY LABELLED FOODS, ETC., FOR APRIL, 1907. Name of Manufacturer, Wholesaler or Producer. Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind., F. P. Adams & Co., Boston, Eastern Preserving Company, Providence, R. I., 30 per cent. lime juice, 70 per cent. water; incorrectly labelled. 6 per cent. maple syrup, 94 per cent. refined cane Escoffier, Ltd., Ridgemount Street, Tottenham Court Preserved with benzoic acid. Libby, McNeil & Libby, Chicago, Philip J. Ritter Conserve Company, Philadelphia, Pa., Lutz & Schramm Company, Allegheny, Pa., Geo. H. Paynter, Essex, Geo. H. Paynter, Essex, 1 "Guaranteed under the food and drugs act, June 30, 1906." Preserved with benzoic acid. Total solids, 9.22 per cent.; contained added water. Total solids, 10.43 per cent.; contained added water, 2 "Guaranteed absolutely pure." |