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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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| Date. 1908. | Sample. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 29 | Brisling | Contained 1.83 grains of tin per pound. | Letter to Importer. | |
| „ 29 | Silver sild | Free from metallic contamination. | Letter to Importer. | |
| „ 31 | Tomato puree | Contained 135 parts of copper per million of the dried sample. | Consignment re-exported. | |
| April 1 | Brisling | Contained 0.24 grain of tin per pound. | None. | |
| „ 1 | Rubbed parsley | Free from the presence of arsenic and other foreign ingredients. | None. | |
| „ 6 | Apples | The bluish deposit contained no arsenic or boric acid, and had neither acid nor alkaline reaction. | None. | |
| „ 8 | Apples and pears | The whitish spots thereon contained neither arsenic nor boron compounds, and all had a neutral reaction to litmus. | None. | |
| „ 8 | Tomato puree | Contained 78.8 parts of copper per million of the dried sample. | Letter to Importers. | |
| „ 11 | *Sardines (see below) | Contained 7 parts of lead per million. | Detained for further sampling. | |
| „ 13 | Tomato puree | Contained 78.8 parts of copper per million of the dried sample. | Letter to Importer. | |
| ,, 13 | Tomato puree | Contained 31.4 parts of copper per million of the dried sample. | None. | |
| „ 13 | Sardines | Contained 5 parts of lead per million. | None. | |
| „ 20 | Tomato puree | Contained 90 parts of copper per million of the dried sample. | Letter to Importer. | |
| „ 20 | *Sardines (6) (see above) | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | Consignment released. | |
| Sample No. | Lead, parts per million | |||
| 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 2 | |||
| „ 25 | Fruit paste (2 | Both samples were free from the presence of prohibited colouring matter and preservatives. | None. | |
| 28 | Sugar | Free from the presence of tin. | None. | |
| May 6 | Angelica | Free from the presence of prohibited preservative. | None. | |
| „ 12 | Mustard | Contained 2 parts of lead per million. | None. | |
| „ 14 | Sild | Contained 1.54 grains of tin per pound. | None. | |
| „ 14 | Canned fish | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | |
| Sample | Tin, grains per pound | |||
| Sild | . 0-25 | |||
| Peeled shrimps | . None | |||
| Herring roes | . None | |||
| „ 14 | Canned fish | These samples on examination gave the following results:— | None. | |
| Sample | Tin, grains per pound | |||
| Brisling | None | |||
| Sild | 0.56 | |||
| Sild | 0.5 | |||
| „ 28 | Sardines | Contained 6 parts of lead per million | ... | Letter to Importer. |
| „ 23 | Oranges and wrappers | From the wrappers approximately 0.025 gramme of diphenyl was extracted and the skins of the oranges were found to contain traces of this substance. | Reported to the Ministry of Health. | |
| June 1 | Orange pulp | Contained 960 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. | None. | |
| „ 1 | Orange juice | Contained 400 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. | None. | |
| „ 1 | Apple juice | Free from the presence of prohibited preservatives. | None. | |
| „ 3 | Sild | Contained 0.15 grain of tin per pound. | None. | |
| „ 3 | Brisling | Contained 0.25 grain of tin per pound. | None. | |
| „ 4 | Apricots (dried) | Contained 1,005 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. | None. | |
| „ 4 | Sultanas | Free from preservatives. | None. | |
| „ 7 | Cods'roe caviare | Free from the presence of prohibited preservatives. | None. | |
| „ 7 | Canned fish (3) | These samples on examination gave the following results | None. | |
| Sample | Tin, Grains per pound | |||
| Sild in Oil | 1.42 | |||
| Brisling in Oil | 0.2 | |||
| Herring roes | None | |||