Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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September Quarter, 1927. •
Sample No. | Article | Result of Analysis, etc. | Action taken. |
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P. 158 | Cream | 0.35 per cent. boracic acid | Letter of caution. |
P. 47 Informal | Lime juice cordial | Salicylic acid 0.2 grains per pint | Formal sample taken (P. 163) |
P. 49 Informal | Meat Pie | Meat contained sulphur dioxide 40 parts per million | Formal sample taken (P. 167 |
P. 163 | Lime juice cordial | Salicylic acid 0.2 grains per pint | Letter of caution. |
P. 167 | Meat Pie | Meat contained sulphur dioxide 50 parts per million | Letter of caution. |
P. 58 Informal | Lime water | 10 per cent. deficient in lime | Formal sample taken (P. 183) |
Informal | Butter | 16.2 per cent. water | No action. |
Informal | Meat | Sulphur dioxide 370 parts per million | Formal sample taken (G. 197) |
Informal | Meat | Sulphur dioxide 80 parts per million | Formal sample taken (Genuine) |
G. 197 | Meat | Sulphur dioxide 450 parts per million | Letter of caution. |
P. 71 | Cocoa | 2.5 per cent, added alkali | No action—"declared. |
Informal | Sweets | 0.2 per cent. Talc | No action. |
P. 199 | Borax | Arsenic, 100 parts per million | No action—domestic borax |
Informal | Meat | Sulphur dioxide 50 parts per million | Formal sample taken (Genuine) |
P. 183 | Lime water | Not made with distilled water | Letter of caution. |