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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
City of London 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Date. 1935. | Sample. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 26 | Eubbed Marjoram | Free from presence of arsenic. | None. | ||
| „ 26 | Canned Salmon | Contained 0.10 grains of tin per pound. | None. | ||
| Mar. 1 | Canned Saveloys | Free from the presence of preservatives. | None. | ||
| „ 2 | Shelled Walnuts | Free from the presence of preservatives. | None. | ||
| *Bacon Rind | The rind contained copper compounds equivalent to 1.75 grains of copper per pound. | Sides trimmed and contam | |||
| The fat was found to be free from the presence of copper. | inated portion destroyed. Remainder released. | ||||
| » 6 | Sardines | Contained 23 parts of lead per million. | Consignment re-exported. | ||
| „ 7 | Sild | Contained 1.17 grains of tin per pound. | None. | ||
| „ 7 | Sardines | Contained 13 parts of lead per million. | None. | ||
| „ 8 | Sardines (2) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | ||
| Warning letter to Importer. | |||||
| Sample | Lead, parts per million | ||||
| A.A | 5 | ||||
| C.C | 13 | ||||
| „ 11 | *Metallic dust from hold and Hessian covering of Bacon. | The dust contained a small amount of metallic powder, and on analysis copper, aluminium and iron were detected. The iron may have been present in the dust as oxide. | |||
| The Hessian covering, after soaking the damp and dirty portions of this in water and separating the solid matter so obtained, and carefully burning away the organic matter, a small amount of metallic powder was found in the residue. Incidentally, the presence of copper was detected in the wet patches. | |||||
| „ 12 | Sardines | The samples contained 7 and nil parts of lead per million respectively. | None. | ||
| „15 | Grapefruit (2) | These samples contained 0-37 grains and 0-21 grains of tin per pound respectively. Free from presence of preservatives and other deleterious ingredients. | None. | ||
| „ 27 | Canned Fish (4) | These samples on analysis gave the following results:— | Reported to Ministry of Health, and | ||
| Sample No. | Boric Acid grains per pound | Benzoic Acid, parts per million | |||
| l | 20-83 | None | Samples | ||
| 2 | None | 280 | Nos. 1,2 and 3 | ||
| 3 | None | 240 | re-exported. | ||
| 4 | None | None | |||
| Apl. 1 | Canned Fish (4) | 1 | None | 410 | Reported to |
| 2 | None | 400 | Ministry of | ||
| 3 | None | 390 | Health and | ||
| 4 | None | 290 | consignment re-exported. | ||
| „ 1 | Sardines | Contained 12 parts of lead per million. | Warning letter to Importer. | ||
| „ 4 | Anchovies | Free from the presence of prohibited colouring matter and preservatives. | None. | ||
| „ 4 | Sardines | Contained 20 parts of lead per million and 1-27 grains of tin per pound. | Consignment destroyed. | ||
| „ 4 | Pepper (2) | Both samples free from the presence of sulphur dioxide. | None. | ||
| „ 11 | Sardines (2) | Contained 17 and 11 parts of lead per million respectively. | Letter to Importer. | ||
| „ 12 | Bacon Bind and Hessian Wrapper. | Discolouration due to the presence of an aniline dye. No copper, arsenic, lead, &c., was detected in either sample. | Discoloured portions trimmed. | ||
| „ 15 | Canned Fish (3) | All these samples were free from the presence of preservatives and prohibited colouring matter. | None. | ||
| „ 17 | Slid | Contained 1-79 grains of tin per pound. | Analysis in connection with investigation for Ministiy of Health. | ||