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Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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It will be noted that, although the chemical is sprayed on the outside of the oranges, quite a large proportion penetrates the peel and contaminates the juice within, and in certain oranges examined
| Sample No. | Date of Purchase | Country of Origin | Concentration of Thiourea (parts per million) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Peel | In Juice | |||
| Spain | ||||
| Spain | 4 | |||
| Spain | 14 | |||
| 335 | 15.3.54 | Spain | 14 | |
| 336 | 15.3.54 | Spain | 4 | |
| 337 | 15.3.54 | Spain | — | — |
| 338 | 15.3.54 | Spain | 6 | |
| 339 | 15.3.54 | Spain | — | — |
| 15.3.54 | Spain | 14 | ||
| 341 | 15.3.54 | Spain | ||
| Spain | ||||
| 359 | Spain | 4 | ||
| 30.3.54 | Spain | 5 | ||
| 385 | Spain | 15 | ||
| Spain | 6 | |||
| 387 | 27.4.54 | Spain | ||
| 389 | 4.5.54 | Spain | — | — |
| 4.5.54 | Spain | 15 | — | |
| 391 | 4.5.54 | Spain | ||
| 4.5.54 | Spain | — | — | |
| 393 | 4.5.54 | Spain | 38 | |
| 394 | 4.5.54 | Spain | — | — |
| 396 | 5.5.54 | Spain | — | — |
| 397 | 5.5.54 | Spain | 1 | |
| 398 | 5.5.54 | Spain | — | — |
| 399 | 5.5.54 | Spain | — | |
| Spian | — | |||
| Spain | — | — | ||
| Spain | — | — | ||
| Spain | — | — | ||
| Spain | 6 | |||
| 423 | Spain | — | — | |
| South Africa | — | — | ||
| Brazil | 15 | |||
| South Africa | — | |||
| South Africa | — | — | ||
| 471 | Brazil | — | — | |
| 472 | Mozambique | — | — | |
| 473 | Brazil | 25 | ||
| 474 | South Africa | — | ||
| 475 | (Lemons) | — | — | |
| South Africa | — | — | ||
| 477 | 1.9.54 | Brazil | 25 | 25 |
| 478 | 1.9.54 | South Africa | - | - |
| 479 | 1.9.54 | South Africa | — | — |
| 1.9.54 | South Africa | — | — | |
LEPTOSPIRAL JAUNDICE
(Report by the Medical Officer of Health—January.)
In October, 1953, information was received that in a neighbouring
Borough two residents had died from leptospiral jaundice.
The causative organism is the leptospira ictero-haemorrhagica, which
is commonly found in rats. Although it is primarily a disease of these
rodents, it can be conveyed by them to human beings—chiefly by mud,
slime and water contaminated by the urine of infected rats. The disease
generally attacks persons occupied in such trades as sewer workers, miners
and abbatoir workers and it is largely a disease of male adults. An analogous
disease of dogs gives rise to cases of modified leptospiral jaundice in human
beings.