London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 18
| Sample | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Full fat soft cheese | Contained traces of BHC; Heptachlorepoxide and DDE. All "below the reporting limits". Mercury 47.5. PP 109. |
| Butter | Contained traces of Heptachlorepoxide and DDT, both "below the reporting limits". |
| Beef dripping | Contained traces of Heptachlorepoxide and DDE. both "below the reporting limits". |
| Corned beef | Contained a minute trace of BHC. "below the reporting limit". |
| Spare rib lamb | Contained a minute trace of BHC, "below the reporting limit". Organo phosphorus residues, none detected. |
| Milk (Pasteurised Homogenized) | Organo-chlorine residues, none detected. |
| Baby foods | Contained a trace of BHC, "below the reporting limit". |
| White loaf | Contained a very small trace of BHC, "below the reporting limit". |
| Plaice fillets | Contained traces of BHC: DDE; TDE; DDT, all "below the reporting limits". Mercury 82.5 P.P. 109. |
| Apples | Organo-chlorine residues, none detected. Organo phosphorus residues, none detected. Thio-carbamates—trace, "below the reporting limit". Mercury 15 P.P. 109. |
| Pears | Traces of DDE; DDT. "below the reporting limits". Organo phosphorus pesticide, none detected. Thio-carbamates—trace. "below the reporting limit". Mercury 10 P.P. 109. |
| Grapefruit | Organo chlorine residues, none detected. Organo phosphorus residues, none detected. |
| Mushrooms | Traces of DDE; DDT, both "below the reporting limits". Thio carbamates—trace, "below the reporting limits". |
| Lettuce | Traces of BHC. "below the reporting limit". Organo phosphorus residues, none detected. Thio-carbamates, trace "below the reporting limit". |
| Beef suet | Heptachlorepoxide 12 P.P. 109. |
| Mussels | BHC 23 P.P. 109. Traces of DDE; TDE. DDT; all "below the reporting limit". Mercury 245 P.P. 109. |