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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
Bermondsey 1938
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938
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PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925, 1933 & 1937
| Article Examined | No. of Samples | Purpose of Examination | Result | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchovies in Oil (Italy) | 2 | For metallic contamination or preservative | Negative | Released |
| Anchovies, Filets (Italy) | 1 | Ditto | Tin 0.5 grains per lb. Preservative absent | Released |
| Apfelkraut (Germany) | 1 | Ditto | Tin .84 grains per lb. Copper 25 parts per million Copper 36 parts per million on dry substance | Released |
| Apples, Dried (U.S.A.) | 1 | For presence of preservative | Sulphur Dioxide 480 parts per million | Released |
| Bacon Rind and Sacking | 1 | To ascertain the composition of brown stain | Stain due to iron, possibly from paint or anti-rust composition | Bacon trimmed and released Trimmings destroyed |
| Beans, Haricots, Verts. (Italy) | 1 | For metallic contamination | Copper in liquid 10 parts per million Copper in Beans, 130 parts per million Copper on dry substance 975 parts per million | Re-exported under guarantee |
| „ „ „ | 1 | „ | Copper 5 parts per million Copper 73 parts per million on dry substance | Released after correspondence with importer and assurance that more care was to be taken to ensure that vegetables which had not been sprayed with copper solution would be used for this country. Subsequent sample satisfactory |
| „ „ „ | 1 | „ | Negative | Released |
| Beans, Haricots, Verts (Belgium) | 1 | „ | „ | „ |