U. S. Food Inspection Decision 75, "The Labeling of Mixtures of cane and maple syrup," fully illustrates and answers many of the questions included under this head. This is referring to mixtures of oats and wheat, lard and beef suet, etc. When both maple and cane sugars are used in the production of sirup the label should be varied according to the relative proportion of the different ingredients. The same of the sugar present in excess of 50 per cent of the total sugar content should be given the greater prominence, on the label; that is, it should be given first. For example, a sirup of the sugars of which consist of 51 per cent cane sugar and 49 per cent maple sugar, would be properly branded as "Sirup made from Cane and Maple Sugar," or as "Cane and Maple Sirup." The terms, "Maple Sugar" and "Maple Sirup" may only be used on the label as part of the name when those substances are present in substantial quantities as ingredients. They should not appear on the label as part of the name when only a small quantity of these substances is used to give a maple flavor to the product. A cane sirup containing only enough maple sirup or maple sugar to give a maple flavor is properly labeled as "Cane Sirup, Maple Flavor," "Cane Syrup Flavored with Maple.' Whenever it is necessary to declare cane sugar (sucrose) on a label it should be declared as cane sugar and not as white sugar. With reference to the matter of the use of cereals in the manufacture of sausage, it may be said that the fact must be so stated on the label, although the kind of cereal used need not be so designated. CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Vol. 3. MONTHLY BULLETIN. Entered as second-class matter August 15, 1905, at the post office at SACRAMENTO, FEBRUARY, 1908. No. 9 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. San Francisco Los Angeles MARTIN REGENSBURGER, M.D., President, San Francisco F. K. AINSWORTH, M.D. Watsonville HON. J. E. GARDNER, Attorney STATE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS. N. K. FOSTER, M.D., State Registrar..Sacramento | GEORGE D. LESLIE, Statistician....Sacramento CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. The California Public Health Association will hold its annual meeting at Coronado Monday, April 20th, at 10 A. M. There will be no papers, but the following subjects will be presented for discussion, which will be opened by the gentlemen designated. After the opening a full and free discussion of the question is desired, and all are requested to come prepared to take part. PURE FOODS AND DRUGS.-Discussion opened by Prof. M. E. Jaffa, Director of State Pure Food and Drug Laboratory. GENERAL SANITATION OF CITIES AND TOWNS.-Discussion opened by Dr. Rupert Blue, Passed Assistant Surgeon, in command, San Francisco. A DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY IN THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.— Discussion opened by Dr. W. F. Snow, Stanford University. The meeting will be the day before the first session of the State Medical Society, and a full attendance is expected. Arrangements have been made with the railroads to give a rate of a fare and one third for the round trip to any one attending the State Medical Society, and these rates will be granted to the members attending the Public Health Association. Buy a first-class single-trip ticket to San Diego at tariff rates, requesting of the agent a receipt certificate therefor, which, when certified to by the Secretary of the Medical Society, will be authority for the agent at San Diego to sell a return ticket for one third full rate. Tickets for the going trip may be purchased April 10th to 23d, inclusive, and certificates will be honored. for return April 20th to 25th, inclusive, for points in California south of Santa Barbara and Bakersfield, and from April 20th to May 5th to points north of and including Santa Barbara and Bakersfield. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA HEALTH OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION. The Central California Health Officers' Association held its semiannual session at Tulare, March 10th, with the best program in its existence. The attendance was good and keen interest was shown from first to last. The meeting was held in conjunction with the San Joaquin Valley Medical Society, which gave the Sanitary Association a portion of its time, a courtesy which was much appreciated, and we hope that the quality of the addresses did not detract from their extremely interesting and able program. PLAGUE. Since January 1st there have been but five authenticated cases of Plague in San Francisco, with one death, and one death in Oakland. The rat infection is yet extensive, being from one to two per cent. They are being rapidly and extensively killed, and the general crusade against them will, if continued, soon exterminate them. Their complete extermination must be the end aimed at, not only in California but in other states, for the Plague is abroad in the world and its means of dissemination must be recognized and destroyed. Never in the history of this coast, if indeed in the country, has there been such a spirit of sanitation. The cities and towns are spending vast sums of money in cleaning up, strict laws are being enacted and enforced, and better than this is the intense interest taken by the people. They are individually seeing that their own place is clean. VACCINATION. "No person properly vaccinated ever had smallpox," says the recent bulletin from the State Board of Health. No doubt about it, but tens of thousands who have been improperly vaccinated have had something worse than smallpox, and that is what is the matter. When the State Board of Health can guarantee that the stuff that is put into the blood of a healthy person will not give that person some disease, then there will be a different proposition. But when they vaccinate and the child or adult is given lockjaw, or some bad disease that is incurable, or dies from the effect of vaccination, is Dr. Foster or somebody else responsible?-Hanford Sentinel. We quote the above from the Hanford Sentinel, and violate a rule of never answering a personal reference simply because this particular item might lead to great harm by making people suppose that vaccine virus is impure. All vaccine farms in the United States are regularly inspected by an officer of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, and samples are taken at frequent intervals from the dealers in different parts of the country and carefully examined. If the cleanliness of the farm and the purity of the product is satisfactory the Government certifies to it, and no physician would think of using any but a certified vaccine. The danger is not in the impurity of the vaccine matter, but in the manner of putting it into the arm and the care of the arm after it is in. First. Allow no vaccination to be done except by some one who knows how and is "surgically clean." Second. Keep the arm "clean" and protected from contact with soiled clothing or other dirt, and never allow it to be scratched with the finger nails. The purity of the vaccine is guaranteed. Now if these two points are strictly observed there will be no cases of lockjaw or other disease resulting from vaccination. It is not the vaccine that causes trouble, but the dirt. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. The special monthly meeting of the State Board of Health was held at the Board's office, Capitol Building, March 7, 1908, at 10 A. M. Present-President Martin Regensburger, Vice-President W. A. Briggs, Dr. O. Stansbury, Dr. N. K. Foster, and Attorney J. C. Gardner. Absent-Drs. F. K. Ainsworth, A. C. Hart, and W. Le Moyne Wills. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. President Regensburger reported that the anti-expectoration law was not being enforced in San Francisco, and the Secretary was directed to write to the local Board of Health urging that steps be taken to enforce it. Mr. Harris, of San Francisco, who buys and deals in old rags, appeared before the Board explaining that his rags are all disinfected and urged that outside towns be allowed to ship to him. Mr. Miller, who buys and handles rags and old sacks, also appeared and urged a modification of the rules forbidding their shipment. The Board were not disposed to modify their recent order without further information and the matter was referred to Dr. Regensburger. The Attorney and Secretary were directed to draw a resolution covering the subject of rag picking, and report at the next meeting. The spread of smallpox was discussed, and Dr. Briggs moved and Dr. Stansbury seconded the following: Resolved, That the Secretary notify the various boards of school trustees that the law requiring pupils to be vaccinated must be enforced, and that evidence be collected and placed in the hands of the district attorney for prosecution where the law is disregarded. Carried. Dr. W. C. Hobdy, Passed Assistant Surgeon and United States Quarantine Officer at San Francisco, was present and reported his work, which, as a rule, is going smoothly. All boats and ships are fumigated every fourteen days, and the belief is expressed that no rats are being shipped out of San Francisco. The work is more necessary now than when begun in September, as more rats are infected. One line, the Monticello, running to Vallejo, is giving trouble and refuses to be fumigated. The Attorney assured the Board of its rights, and it was moved and seconded and carried, That this Board commends the action of the Quarantine Officer in enforcing the order of this Board, and instructs him to continue the fumigation, and that if the Monticello Company refuses to comply their boats be tied up. The Secretary was instructed to notify all Health Officers around the Bay that the order requiring fumigation of vessels must be enforced, and Dr. Briggs offered, and Dr. Stansbury seconded, the following resolutions, which were carried: Resolved by the state Board of Health of the State of California, That whereas, there now exists in the City and County of San Francisco and in the County of Alameda, State of California, a contagious, infectious and communicable disease, to-wit: the Plague; and That, in the judgment of said Board, it is necessary for the protection and preservation of the public health and to prevent the spread of said disease; that It is hereby ordered that the Health Boards, and chief executive Health Officers, in and for the several counties, cities, towns, and cities and counties of the State of California, bé and they and each of them are hereby directed and required strictly to enforce within their respective jurisdictions the rules and regulations as to fumigation and disinfection of vessels and water craft adopted and promulgated by resolution of this Board on the 24th day of September, 1907; and That the Secretary of this Board be directed to transmit to such local health officials a copy of this resolution and a copy of said resolution of September 24, 1907. Resolved by the State Board of Health of the State of California, that the Commandant at Mare Island, California, be and he is requested to enforce within his jurisdiction the following rule, promulgated by this Board by resolution dated September 24, 1907, and relating to the fumigation and disinfection of vessels and water craft for the purpose of preventing the spread of Bubonic Plague, to-wit: That no vessel or craft such as is in said resolution of September 24, 1907, referred to, shall be permitted to land, tie up, touch at or establish any communication with any wharf, dock, pier, landing, or other place in the State of California, unless the captain or other officer or person in charge of such vessel or craft shall first produce a certificate from the Secretary of the State Board of Health or an Inspector or other subordinate, showing fumigation as in said resolution of September 24, 1907, required; and that the Secretary of this Board be directed to transmit to said Commandant a copy of this resolution and a copy of said resolution of September 24, 1907. Resolved, That cities, towns and counties, bordering on the Bay of San Francisco, or the inland navigable waters of the State communicating therewith, which, within thirty days from this date, March 7, 1908, have not passed or are not enforcing these ordinances or their practical equivalent shall be considered by this Board an imminent menace to the public health and amenable to Section 2979 of the Health Laws of the State of California. Resolved, That_all rat-infested landings, wharves, docks, piers and pierhouses situated on the Bay of San Francisco or the inland navigable waters connected therewith and all rat-infested grain elevators, warehouses, mills, slaughter houses, markets, stables and all other rat-infested premises where foods or food stuffs of any kind whatever, whether for human or animal use, are stored, placed or kept, and situated within one half mile of said landings, etc., are an imminent menace to the public health, and if efficient measures for disinfestation are not taken within thirty days shall be quarantined by the Secretary of this Board. Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to secure the publication of these resolutions in the public press and to notify the various Boards of Supervisors and Trustees of cities, towns and counties bordering on these waters. The question of revising our sanitary laws was discussed, and a committee consisting of Dr. Briggs (chairman), Secretary Foster, and Attorney Gardner was appointed to investigate and report. The Secretary reported the discontinuance of inspection work at Napa that more exposed places might be covered, and the action was approved by the Board. Dr. Briggs moved, and Dr. Stansbury seconded, that the next Legislature be memorialized to issue bonds for the purpose of making all wharfs in San Francisco rat-proof. Carried. Adjourned. |
