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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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PUBLIC HEALTH (PRESERVATIVES, Ac., IN
FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925 to 1927.
Nine formal and twelve informal samples taken under these Regulations were found to contain preservatives, as follows:—
| Pearl Barley. | 532 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. |
| Do. | 130 do. |
| Do. | 90 do. |
| Do. | 82 do. |
| Do. | 68 do. |
| Do. | 68 do. |
| Do. | 50 do. |
| Scotch Barley. | 68 do. |
| Vinegar. | 130 do. |
| Do. | 98 do. |
| Do. | 76 do. |
| Do. | 36 do. |
| Sweets | 350 do. |
| Do. | 190 do. |
| Sauce. | 137 do. |
| and 100 parts of salicylic acid per million. | |
| Lime Juice Cordial. | 80 do. |
| Wine. | 0.5 grains per pint of salicylic acid. |
| Do. | 0.3 do. |
| Do. | 0.5 do. |
| Jam. | 3 grains of boracic acid per pound. |
| Do. | 4 do. |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF FOOD.
During the year, bacteriological and special
chemical examinations of food took place as
follows:
Milk (ordinary) 9; 7 being found to be unsatisfactory.
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) milk 2; 1 found
to be unsatisfactory.
Food Colouring Matter 2; found to be unobjectionable.