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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Date. 1986. | Sample. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 6 | Sild (12) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | Consignment re-exported under guarantee. | |||
| Sample No. | Tin, Grains per pound | |||||
| 2.05 | ||||||
| 2 | 1.05 | |||||
| 3 | 3.46 | |||||
| 4 | 2.54 | |||||
| 5 | 0.35 | |||||
| 6 | 1.08 | |||||
| 7 | 0.13 | |||||
| 8 | 5.16 | |||||
| 9 | 1.61 | |||||
| 10 | 1.52 | |||||
| 11 | 1.74 | |||||
| 12 | 0.10 | |||||
| „ 12 | *Sugar (5) | 1 | 2.79 | Consignment detained for further sampling (see also * below). | ||
| 2 | 2.62 | |||||
| 3 | 0.58 | |||||
| 4 | 0.25 | |||||
| 5 | 2.17 | |||||
| „ 12 | Grapefruit in Brine | Free from the presence of prohibited preservatives. | None. | |||
| „ 15 | Canned Fish (6) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | |||
| Sample. | Tin Grains per pound. | Lead parts per million. | ||||
| Herring Boes | None | 2 | ||||
| Sild | 0.1 | |||||
| Dressed Crab | None | |||||
| Sild | 0.2 | |||||
| Ditto | 0.15 | |||||
| Ditto | 0.15 | |||||
| „ 20 | *Sugar (3) | On examination these samples gave the following results. | Consignment released (see also * above). | |||
| Sample No. | Tin, Grains per pound | |||||
| 1.21 | ||||||
| 2 | 1.92 | |||||
| 3 | 1.25 | |||||
| „ 27 | Canned Peas | Free from the presence of prohibited preservatives and colouring matter. | None. | |||
| „ 27 | Cordials (3) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | |||
| Sample. | Sulphur Dioxide, parts per million. | Benzoic Acid, parts per million. | ||||
| Orange Squash | None | 400 | ||||
| Lemon Squash | None | 371 | ||||
| Grenadilla | 313 | None | ||||
| „ 29 | Canned Fish (4) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | |||
| Sample. | Tin, grains per pound | Lead, parts per million. | ||||
| Sild | 0.6 | 2 | ||||
| Ditto | 0.5 | 1 | ||||
| Herrings in Tom | ato 0.08 | 1 | ||||
| Ditto | 0.04 | 1 | ||||
| The samples of Herrings in Tomato were found to be free from the presence of Copper. | ||||||
| Sept. 10 | *Canned Fish (6) | 1. Sild | 0.35 | 3 | Samples Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6, released. Samples Nos. 4 and 5 detained for further sampling, (see also * below.) | |
| 2. Ditto | 0.20 | 4 | ||||
| 3. Ditto | 0.15 | 5 | ||||
| 4. Ditto | 2.54 | 3 | ||||
| 5. Ditto | 3.96 | 4 | ||||
| 6. Dressed Crab | 0.12 | 1 | ||||
| „ 10 | Solid Glucose | Free from the presence of arsenic and prohibited preservatives. | None. | |||
| „ 10 | Sugar (2) | Both samples were found to contain 0.08 grains of tin per pound. | None. | |||