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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
Islington 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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268 [1906
would be glad if you would kindly forward this request to the Officer or
Officers of the Council with whom such arrangements rest.
I am,
Yours faithfully,
G. S. BUCHANAN.
The Medical Officer of Health,
Islington.
In consequence of this circular, a number of samples were procured in
various parts of the Borough and were submitted to Dr. F. L. Teed, the Public
Analyst for Islington for examination, with the result that nothing of a
deleterious character was discovered.
The following are the particulars of these examinations set out in tabular form:—
| Foods. | Extraneous Colouring Matters. | Preservatives. | Ptomaines. | Bacteriological Examination. Three days on Agar at 38® C. | State of Can as to pricking. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boric Acid. | Salicylic Acid. | Sulphites. | |||||
| Salmon | Not detectable. | Absent | Absent | Absent | No Reaction. | Sterile. | Intact, |
| Rabbit | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Ham and Chicken Paste | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Salmon Steak | " | " | " | " | " | " | Pin pricked. |
| Beef Paste | " | " | " | " | " | " | Intact. |
| Veal and Ham Paste | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Corned Beef | " | " | " | " | " | 1 Coloring of Yellow Sarcinae. | " |
| Lunch Tongue | " | " | " | " | " | Sterile. | ,, |
| Rabbit | " | " | " | " | " | 1 Coloring of Yellow Sarcins. | .. |
| Boars Head | " | " | " | " | " | Sterile. | " |
| Beef | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Pork and Beans | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Bloater Paste | " | " | " | " | Insuffi for Exam. | " | " |