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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17227, 18 August 1921, Page 8

VIROL, LIMITED. A RECORD IN SALES-INCREASING ' USE BY PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES. , SUCCESS OF VIROLAX. . The twenty-first Annual General Meeting of Virol, Ltd.,wa6 held in London on June 16th, 1921. 'Mr Bertram S. Straus, J .P.. (the chaiirman of the company), presiding, said the sales for the period under review again show a substantial increase and constitute a record in the history of the company. , . . The increased demand in connexion witlh public health work and.the extent to which Virol iB used in infant welfare work, afford a striking indication of the high opinion held by medical men of the value of the preparation and or its influence during the age of growth. More than 5500 maternity and infant Welfares, etc., are regularly purchasing Virol, which indicates what an important part our preparation is playing in the development of tue coming generation. In this connexion very important investigations conducted by the BioChemical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge to determine whether the various vitamines, which the report by the Medical Research Cpmmittee on Accessory Food Factow had shown to be present in the articles from which Virol is prepared, were present also in the preparation as sold to the public. The results of these experiments, the report of which was issued in October last, show definitely that the vitamines which are known to be essential to th« well-being of man and animals, and which are also considered to play an important part in the maintenance of resistance to certain infectious diseas-vj and in freedom from rickets, are present in Virol as. manufactured and sold to the public. STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. ' The !?ross profit is ' £}41,930, as against £124,353. SUCCESS OF VIROLAX.

Last year I called your attention to the very satisfactory evidence we had received from the medical profession as to tho value of Virolax as "a nutrient and palatable laxative. Owing to the very high emulsifying power of Virol, its combination with, liquid paraffin in Virolax has entire", y overcome ti:e practical objections applying to the use oi' unenvulaified paraffin. A still move important factor is tho administration h Virolax of a valuable nutrient in combination with an intostim] lubricant which irdhibits undue bacterial growth. NEW FACTORY. According to contract; the new factory at Park Royd should have beon completed in December last, but, owing to difficulties experienced in all building operations during the past year, the factory is on;v now approaching completion. THE VIROL RESEARCH LABORATORIES. The Virol Research Laboratories for pathological work were founded to afford facilities to tho medical profession for obtaining for even the poorest patients ti.;e benelit of those methods for accurate diagnosis of disease which modern research has placed at tlieir disposal. The administration of the laj*i. "uaiinea medical men, and ™*se facilities are greatly appreciated by the increasing number of medical men and oiiblic "health authorities availing themselves of them. The laboi;;tyncs aro alio fulfilling a national function in the prevention of disease ami the promotion of public health. lnueiMMdout research into the cause of certain diseases is also being conducted in tho laborato.ios and has made good progress duiing the year «