[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.
- Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1940
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![POLICE On 8 occasions the help of the Department was cal] u for by the City Police Involving the analysis or examination of 49 exhibits. Pour cases of alleged arson and one case of counterfeit coining, the latter including the analysis of jo articles, were of particular Interest, The remaining cases referred to assaults of a criminal nature. MISCELLANEOUS Under this heading are samples examined for the various Departments of the Corporation and these included many samples of mortar for the City Engineer which had been used in the construction of air raid shelters In the City, Nine samples of blood plasma were examined for Saint Mary’s Hospital as to their calcium and protein content. A large quantity of tea and sugar taken from a shop which had been destroyed by enemy action and which was thought to be unfit for human consumption was received. This consisted of 102 41b packets and 36 21b packets of sugar and about 150 xlb packets of tea. Each of these packets of sugar and tea was examined separately, and as a result approximately 4cwt. of sugar and 1401bs. of tea were passed as fit for human consumption and returned for use. All of the sugar unfit for human consumption was sold to bee keepers. Under this heading are included also samples from ratepayers In a private capacity for which a fee is paid. The amount of fees received from this source during the year and paid to the City Treasurer was £8. 9. 0. and is less than the amount usually received, v;ater and sewage The City water supply was examined bacteriologically each month and the results in all cases were satisfactory. In addition, supplies from numerous a view to supplies in of the City supply. a systematic examination of auxiliary wells in the City was undertaken with case of enemy action causing a suspension Samples of sewage and sewage effluents from Cosham and Farlington were received every week for examination. The results have shown that the three systems of sewage disposal have worked satisfactorily and a high grade effluent has been uniformly maintained. REGINALD P. PAGE,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29995711_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
