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# FOOD IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASE.
## Inspection and Control of Food Supplies.-The laws dealing with this subject are the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance,
The authorities responsible under these Ordinances are the Sanitary Department and the Police Department. The Officers authorised to take samples are, "any sanitary inspector or inspector of weights and measures, or inspector of markets, or any Officer of Police acting under the written instructions of the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or of the Captain Superintendent of Police, or of the Medical Officer of Health."
During the year the following samples were taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance and analysed:-Milk 53, Cocoa 78, Bread 22, Sugar 34, Coffee 10, Tea 21, Lard 1, Cheese 15, Cream 15, Treacle 14, Jam 13, Flour 34, Tinned Butter 6, Fresh Butter 28. Prosecutions were undertaken in 2 cases where samples failed to satisfy the legal requirements.
In addition the following unsound food was seized and destroyed under Section 82 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance:-Sardines 4,680 tins, Mushrooms 563, Cocoa 947, Cream 331, Water Chestnuts 6, Pears 5 bags, Desiccated Cocoanut 4 cases, one ham, and a quantity of Salt Eggs and Oranges.
## Deficiency Diseases.-The only information available regarding deficiency diseases is furnished by the returns of the Government Hospitals and Chinese Hospitals, and the death returns. The Hospitals deal with only a small proportion of the sick and the truth as regards the incidence of disease among the masses cannot be deduced from their returns. The death returns are also misleading in that the majority of cases were not treated by competent physicians prior to death, and the Medical Officer examining the body and forming a diagnosis had no history to assist him in coming to a conclusion as to the cause of death.
### Beri-beri. Despite the fact that the staple food of the masses is polished rice, beri-beri is not epidemic, and the deaths from this disease formed only 3.90 per cent of the total deaths. The death rate as far as it can be ascertained was 0.59 per mille population. The total number of deaths recorded during the year was 635. The total number of cases treated in the Government Hospitals was 80 only.
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FOOD IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASE.
Inspection and Control of Food Supplies.-The laws dealing with this subject are the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance,
The authorities responsible under these Ordinances are the Sanitary Department and the Police Department. The Officers authorised to take samples are, "any sanitary inspector or inspector of weights and measures, or inspector of markets, or any Officer of Police acting under the written instructions of the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or of the Captain Super- intendent of Police, or of the Medical Officer of Health."
During the year the following samples were taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance and analysed:-Milk 53, Cocoa 78, Bread 22, Sugar 34, Coffee 10, Tea 21, Lard 1, Cheese 15, Cream 15, Treacle 14, Jan 13, Flour 34, Tinned Butter 6, Fresh Butter 28. Prosecutions were undertaken in 2 cases where samples failed to satisfy the legal requirements.
In addition the following unsound food was seized and destroyed under Section 82 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance :-Sardines 4,680 tins, Mushrooms 563, Cocoa 947, Cream 331, Water Chestnuts 6, Pears 5 bags, Desiccated Cocoanut 4 cases, one ham, and a quantity of Salt Eggs and Oranges.
Deficiency Diseases.-The only information available regard- ing deficiency diseases is furnished by the returns of the Govern- ment Hospitals and Chinese Hospitals, and the death returns. The Hospitals deal with only a small proportion of the sick and the truth as regards the incidence of disease among the masses cannot be deduced from their returns. The death returns are also misleading in that the majority of cases were not treated by competent physicians prior to death, and the Medical Officer examining the body and forming a diagnosis had no history to assist him in coming to a conclusion as to the cause of death.
Beri-beri. Despite the fact that the staple food of the masses is polished rice, beri-beri is not epidemic, and the deaths from this disease formed only 3.90 per cent of the total deaths. The death rate as far as it can be ascertained was 0.59 per mille population. The total number of deaths recorded during the year was 635. The total number of cases treated in the Govern- ment Hospitals was 80 only.
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