[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.
- Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![l)reservatives should not be given to the purchaser. Judged by this limit of .25 per cent., no lewer than 10 of the 14 samples must be considered to be adulterated, 8 of these being unofficial samples. A case was heard in Hull early in the year, the ollence being the addition of 0.43 per cent, of boric acid to potted meat; in convicting the vendor, the Stipendiaiy Magistrate said “a purchaser might reasonably expect to find a certain quantity of preservative in potted meat,” yet “on the weight of evidence I am of opinion that boric acid in appreciable quantities having a harmfid effect on the digestion, a purchaser would not reasonably expect to find it in as large a quantity as 30.1 grains per lb.” Potted meat is consumed in comparatively small quantity, whereas sausages are sometimes eaten in large amount, hence a maximum of .25 })er cent, does not appear unduly severe upon the •makers and vendors. .25 per cent, is equivalent to 17^ grains per lb., a man eating half a pound (about three sausages) would therefore take nearly 9 grains of boi’ic acid, which is a medium medicinal dose, the British Pharniaco])oeia giving the dose as 5 to 15 grains. In the case of Nos. 1 and 2 (unofficial samples) Mb. would contain 18 and 18^ grains, i.e., more than the maximum medicinal dose. DRIED PEAS. It will be noted that none of these contained Copper, which is commonly used freely for colouring bottled peas. RICE. Of 8 samples 5 were faced with talc, which is used for the purpose of giving a polish. In no case](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28942838_0078.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
