H—3l

Table 4—Samples of Food and Drugs Taken and Dealt With During 1949

FOOD AND DKUGS Milk. —Milk is the most important of all foods from the public health viewpoint on account of its great food value, the great quantities consumed, and its potentialities as a vehicle of dangerous infection unless produced and handled with care. Eeference to Table 4 will show that on the results of sampling there is a slight improvement in quality as compared with 1948 when a total of 18,244 samples were tested and B*2 per cent, failed to comply with the necessary standard. The proportion of non-complying samples is still far too high in certain districts, and particularly in those of the South Island. Many of the non-complying samples, particularly in Christchurch, showed a

18

District. Milk. Number of Samples. Samples No Number. it Complying. Percentage. Warnings Issued. Prosecutions Recommended. Whangarei 258 6 2-3 6 Auckland 3,607 197 5-4 122 2 T auranga 262 9 3-4 5 2 Hamilton 1,970 45 2-3 11 7 New Plymouth 277 8 2-8 1 Gisborne 670 30 4-5 4 Palmerston North 1,337 176 13-1 42 7 Wellington 2,498 52 2-1 18 15 Nelson 370 10 2-7 5 1 Ghristchurch 2,879 253 8-7 217 21 Greymouth Timaru 248 38 15-3 12 17 1,122 148 13-1 116 15 Dunedin 1,214 110 9-0 52 3 Invercargill 648 58 8-9 36 1 Totals 17,360 1,140 6-5 647 91 Other Poods and Drugs. District. Number of Samples Not Warnings Prosecutions Seizures of Samples. Complying. Issued. Recommended. Unsound Food. Whangarei 71 9 4 Auckland 596 130 62 5 11 Tauranga 3 1 1 Hamilton 177 27 7 6 "21 New Plymouth 130 20 12 1 2 Gisborne 269 41 7 1 2 Palmerston North 297 84 23 3 18 Wellington 160 29 7 1 12 Nelson .. 64 2 2 3 Christchurch 364 119 82 "20 22 Greymouth 27 12 9 3 1 Timaru 307 69 56 3 3 Dunedin 466 122 17 3 18 Invercargill 99 9 2 16 Totals 3,030 674 291 ' 46 129