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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. | Sample. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935. | ||||
| Dec. 20 | Tinned Fish (3) | These samples on examination gave the following results:- | None. | |
| Sample No. | Lead, parts per million. | |||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 5 | |||
| „ 30 | Spinach | Free from the presence of copper | None. | |
| „ 30 | Sardines (Japanese) | Contained 10 parts of lead per million and 1.37 grains of tin per pound. | None. | |
| „ 31 | Sardines | Contained 14 parts of lead per million. | Analysis in connection with investigation for Ministry of Health. | |
| „ 31 | Sild | Contained 4.75 grains of tin per pound | Ditto. | |
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926.
The following samples were examined by the Agricultural Analyst:—
| Date. | Sample. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935. | |||
| Feb. 4 | Linseed Cake Expeller | Oil 12.0% | Result of analysis forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health, Croydon. |
| Albuminoids (Protein) 33.62% | |||
| Free from the presence of castor seed husk. | |||
| „ 22 | Alfalfa Meal | Fibre 38.95% | Result of analysis reported to Medical Officer of Health for the City of London. |
| Mar. 30 | Poppy Seed Cake | Free from the presence of soluble barium salts. | None. |
| Apl. 1 | Wheaten Pollards | Fibre 5.35% | Result of analysis reported to the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London. |
| May 30 | Linseed Oil Cake Expeller | Oil 13.43% | Result of analysis reported to Medical Officer of Health of the City of London. |
| Albuminoids (Protein) 30.25% | |||
| Free from the presence of castor seed husk. | |||
| Aug. 14 | Tankage | Nitrogen 7.84% | Result of analysis forwarded to Agricultural Officer, Middlesex County Council. |
| Phosphoric Acid (P205) 10.53% | |||
| Sept. 9 | Fish Meal | Oil 3.38% | Result of analysis forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health, City of London. |
| Albuminoids (Protein) 63.88% | |||
| Phosphoric Acid (P205) 6.42% | |||
| Sodium Chloride 0.41% | |||
| Oct. 9 | Dried Blood | Nitrogen 12.89% | Result of analysis forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health, City of London. |
| Nov. 7 | Fish Meal | Oil 4.16% | Result of analysis forwarded to Medical Officer of Health, City of London. |
| Albuminoids (Protein) 66.50% | |||
| Phosphoric Acid (P2O5) 7.12% | |||
| Sodium Chloride 0.16% | |||
| Dec. 31 | Vim Oat Mill Feed | Fibre 27.2% | None. Compared with Statutory statement and passed. |
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
On the 23rd May, one of your Food Inspectors, an Officer duly authorised by the
Port of London Sanitary Authority to act in the execution of the above-mentioned
Regulations, made provisional arrangements with the Warehouse Keeper of a Warehouse
in the St. Katharine Dock to draw samples of certain classes of tea the next
morning. The samples were required on a request from the Ministry of Health.
The Inspector called at the Warehouse on the 24th May at the time arranged, and
was informed by the Warehouse Keeper that he had received instructions from his
Head Office that he was not to allow the Inspector to draw samples, nor indeed to
admit him to the Warehouse.