WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS

DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN ABOVE TABLES during the WEEKS OF JAN. 5, 12, 19 AND 26, 1907.

DISEASES.

WEEKLY RETURNS OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED DURING
JAN. 5, 12, 19 AND 26, 1907.
[Under the provisions of section 52 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws.]

Diphtheria,
Measles,

Scarlet fever,
Typhoid fever,
Tuberculosis,

Cerebro-spinal meningitis,

Hydrophobia,
Erysipelas,
Whooping cough,
Chicken pox,

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 January, 1907:

210

2

1

Jan. 5.

311

120

201

52

Total. ARTICLES EXAMINED.

WEEK ENDING

Jan. 12.

250

79

655

17

Hamburg steak,
Head cheese,
Lambs' tongues,
Mince meat,
Sausages,
Molasses,

Oysters,
Peanut butter,
Pastry,

Pickles,

Spices,

Sugar,.
Table sauce,
Vinegar,

Drugs,

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1961

Total,

THE WEEKS OF

Red currant juice,
Salad dressing,

Jan. 19.

246

33

378

29

Number
found
to be of
Good
Quality.

96

337

Jan. 26.

Number adulterated or varying from the Legal Standard.

206

72

192

14

59

37

182

Total.

519

The samples of drugs found to be adulterated were: extractum glycyrrhizæ, fluid extractum zingeberis, liquor calsio, spiritus camphoræ, spiritus frumenti, tinctura iodi, and twenty different proprietary preparations.

The cities and towns in which samples were collected were: Attleborough, Boston, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Foxborough, Gardner, Gloucester, Lawrence, Lowell, Milford, Newton, North Attleborough, Rockland, Pittsfield, Salem, Somerville, Springfield, Watertown, Whitman and Woburn.

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

Forty-eight convictions were secured during the month of January, 1907, for selling adulterated food and drugs, as follows: