Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-07
VALUE OF FILTRATION PLANT
Shown by Figures in Last Bulletin
of State Board of Health.
Some Rulings Oh and Amendments Of
Nomenclature Fool Inv of In
terc.t TO the Producers nnd
Consumers Alike.

The quarterly bulletin OF the Vermont
State board of health, bearing date OF
December l. made It's appearance Thurs
day, right on time. Papers on Anterior
Poiomyelitis in Vermont in the Year
1910" "Nuisances and Their Abatement
and water Supplies" read at the last
school for vermont health officers with
,he discussions which followed, occupy
about two-thirds of tho bulletin. Append
ed to the last mentioned paper is a table
showing now typhoid fever has decreas-
cd in burlington since tho filtration
plant was put into operation. In 1906
there were 40 cases, in 1907, the public
having been warned against using ray
water. there were % cases; during the
first three months of 1905 there were 10
cases; the filtration plant was opered IN
April of that year and there were only
four cases during the next nine moGths;
up 10 Seutember OF 1909 rh,re were only
two cases. after which. because OF faulty
filtration. there were % cases; In 1910
there were II cases: at the tiiue of MAX
ing the report in August there had been
only two cases during the present year
one In January and one in July, and
both were imported.
During the third quarter of the year
there were 2.;SD3 specimens examined mt
the State Laboraory OF Hygiene. OF this
number 2a3 were of waters. 345 of sputum
for tuberclo bacilli. 7l2 cultures for
dipl1thena g91 of blood for vidal reac-
ton, 12i Of milk and cream, % of foods.
sc medico-cEal cases, % OF liquors and
Al miscellaneous analyses. or the II
samples Of milk that were found to he
below standard 16 were dirty and one
was waiered. OF the foods that We're
examined IL were found t. be below
standard.
H. J.. Thomson contributes an article
on milk Fermentation" and the four
cases of pelagta that have appeared in
Vermont during the past two years are
described Three Of these cases were in
Addison county and one in the town CT
Pawlet i'm Rutland county. Three of the
four cases proved fatal.
FOOD AND DRUG LAW.
The State board of health has adopted
the following rulings on the Vermont
pure food law:
preservntives. Pending further in
vestigation no objection will be raised TO
the use of )erzoate of soda in food pro-
vided each package or container is plain
" labelled to show the presence and
amount of same.
No objection will be raised to foods con-
tanning ordinary amounts of sulphur
dioxide If the fact that such foods have
been so prepared is plainly stated on the
label of each package An abnormal
quantity of sulphur dioxide placed in food
for the purpose of marketing in exces-
sve moisture content will be regarded
as adulteration.
No objection will he raised to the use
of minute quantities of alum provided
the presence of same is plainly indicated
on the label
Sardines. Sardines packed with ma
terial other than olive oil shall plainly
state on the label the nature of the OF
or other substance used
Shellac. The coating Of chocolate and
CONNECTIONS with shellac or other gum,
is forbidden.
Extracts. In considering the label Of
flavorng material, the term FLAVOR" Is
regarded as Synonymous with "EXtract."
Sweet Oil The term Sweet oil" with
out further qualifications is understood
to mean olive oil
Cocoas. The DESIGNATION Of alkali treat
Cd cocoas as Soluble" is considered a
misleading and escoptive and such goods
win be regarded as mishranded.
Saccharin. After January / 1ql2 the
loard will REGARD rs adultcrated all foods
containing sacCharin.
Evaporated MIX Tho standard for
eyaporated milk is hereby amended TO
read as follows:
Condensed milk. evaporated milk. is
milk from which considerable portion
OF water has been evaporated ana con-
tains such PERCENTAGES Of total solids
and of fat that the sum Of the two shall
he not less than 3h3 per cent. and the
percentage Of fat shall be not less than
IS 1t contains NJ added butter or butter
oil Incorporated either with whole min,
or skim milk or with the evaporated
milk at any stage of manufacture.