Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Date. 1936. | Sample. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken. | ||||
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Sept. 14 | Cod Fillets | Free from the presence of Preservatives. | None. | ||||
„ 14 | Sardines | Contained 5 parts of lead per million | None. | ||||
„ 15 | Greengage Pulp | Contained 1,700 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. | Warning Letter to Importer. | ||||
„ 15 | †Confectionery (2) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | Detained for further sampling (see also † below). | ||||
Sample No. | Lead, parts per million. | Arsenic, parts per million | |||||
1 | 7 | None. | |||||
2 | 2 | None. | |||||
„ 15 | Apricot Pulp | Prohibited colouring matter was not detected. Contained 1,450 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. | None. | ||||
„ 16 | *Sild (2) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | Consignment re-exported (see also * below). | ||||
Sample No. | Tin, Grains per pound | ||||||
1 | 2.71 | ||||||
2 | 2.42 | ||||||
„ 17 | Brislings | Contained 0.25 grains of tin per pound. | None. | ||||
„ 22 | † Confectionery | This sample on examination gave the following results:— | Consignment destroyed, (see also † above). | ||||
Portion | Lead, parts per million. | ||||||
Brown | 16 | ||||||
Green | 14 | ||||||
„ 23 | *Sild (3) | The above samples on examination gave the following results:— | Consignment re-exported (see also * above). | ||||
Sample No. | Tin, Grams per pound. | ||||||
1 | 3.21 | ||||||
2 | 2.13 | ||||||
3 | 2.04 | ||||||
„ 25 | Smoked Salmon | Contained 176 parts of benzoic acid per million. | Besult forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health of Lambeth. | ||||
„ 25 | Smoked Salmon | Free from the presence of preservatives. | None. | ||||
„ 25 | Sealachs | Contained 151 parts of benzoic acid per million. | Consignment destroyed. | ||||
„ 25 | Haricot Beans | Free from the presence of prohibited colouring matter. | None. | ||||
„ 25 | Confectionery (3) | These samples were found to contain 4, 4 and 5 parts of lead per million respectively. All were free from the presence of preservatives and prohibited colouring matter. | None. | ||||
„ 25 | Sild (2) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | ||||
Sample No. | Tin, Grains per pound | Lead, parts per million. | |||||
l | 0.91 | l | |||||
2 | 0.25 | l | |||||
„ 25 | Egg Spray | Free from the presence of prohibited preservatives. | None. | ||||
„ 25 | Canned Fish (8) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | ||||
Sample. | Tin, Grains per pound | Lead, parts per million | |||||
Sild in Tomato | 0.1 | I | |||||
Sild in Oil | 0.2 | I | |||||
Dressed Crab | None | I | |||||
Sild in Tomato | 0.15 | 2 | |||||
Sild in Oil | 0.14 | 1 | |||||
Peeled Shrimps | None | 1 | |||||
Herrings in Tomat | 0.21 | 2 | |||||
Sild in Oil | 0.31 | 1 | |||||
„ 28 | Confectionery | Contained 2 parts of lead per million. Free from arsenic. | None. |