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 Fulham Borough]
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Sample No: | Article | Result of Analysis | Action taken |
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559 | Beef Sausages | Inferior. Taste slightly soapy due to addition of alkali. | |
567 | Cut Peel | Sugar crystallised in minute crystals. Stale stock. Inferior | Remainder of stock withdrawn from sale, |
588 | Ice lolly | Contained 1,6 parts per million of lead. Must not be more than 1 part per million | Matter taken up with manufacturer. |
594 | Butter drops | Cotained only 2.34% fat. 41% deficient in fat„ Must contain not less than 4% of butter | Warning letter to manufacturer. |
614 | Ice lolly | Contained lead 2.5 parts per million. Excess lead. | Manufacturers interviewed and plastic moulds substituted for metal. |
636 | Loose cut peel | Contained only 55.3 per cent total sugar. Deficient in sugar | Attention of retailers and importers drawn to deficiency |
648 | Canned Pineapple | Contained only 17.2% sugar. Tin plate of can attacked by acid juice. Fruit contained 104 parts per million of tin, and juice contained 47 parts per million of tin. Pineapple immature, woody and tasteless. Inferior. | Result communicated to retailer at whose request sample analysed. |
680 | Dried milk | Would not mix properly with water. Hydrogen ion concentration 5.6 inferior Milk slightly rancid before evaporation and acidity evaporated off during evaporation. | Matter referred to local Food Office and tin replaced for complainant. |