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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
Southwark 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Sardines | Tin 6.7 grains per pound. |
| Lemon Juice | Sulphur dioxide 330 parts per million. |
| Canned Peeled Tomatoes | Can blown, 60-70 c.c. gas, 52 per cent, of which was carbon dioxide. |
| Canned Tongue | Contents fresh and sweet. Lead not found. |
| Egg Liquid | Boracic compounds not found. |
| Pieces of Ox Tongues | Cans in good condition, lined with paper. |
| Pigs Tongues | Contents quite fresh and sweet. |
| Egg Yolk (2 samples) | Boracic compounds not found. |
| Oranges (2 cans) | Contents of first can was sound and fresh; second can not so good and slightly greater acidity. |
| Butter (S. African) (2 samples) | Genuine. |
| Meat Extract (2 samples).. | Boracic compounds not found ; Lead not found; Arsenic less than 1 part per million. |
| Sultanas | Sulphur dioxide 680 parts per million. |
| Sultanas | Sulphur dioxide 380 parts per million. |
| Egg Yolk | |
| Egg Yolk | |
| Lemon Juice | Sulphur dioxide 740 parts per million. |
| Lemon Juice | Sulphur dioxide 570 parts per million. |
| Egg Yolk | Boracic compounds were not found. |
| Egg Yolk | |
| Tinned Strawberries | Cans in good condition. |
| Tinned Strawberries | Contents quite fresh and sweet. |
| Raspberry Pulp | Boracic preservatives not found ; |
| Sulphite preservative not found; | |
| Lead not found. | |
| Egg Yolk | Boracic compounds were not found. |
| Egg Yolk | |
| Black Currant Pulp | Sulphur dioxide 1,000 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 384 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 412 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 405 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 418 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 556 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 515 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 563 parts per million. |
| Orange Juice | Sulphur dioxide 487 parts per million. |