EESULTS OF ANALYSES. 



TABLE IX. Arsenic content of stockings Continued. 



Arsenic. 



Of the 41 samples examined, 12, or 29.3 per cent, contain more than 

 0.01 grain of arsenic per square yard; 21, or 51.2 per cent, contain 

 determinable amounts; 7, or 17.1 per cent, contain a trace, and 1 

 only, or 2.4 per cent, contains none. These results are very much 

 like the ones obtained by Leach in 1900 and show that no attempt has 

 been made by the manufacturers to change their method of procedure 

 so as to eliminate arsenic. The presence of arsenic in this class of 

 goods is even more reprehensible than in dress materials, since they 

 are worn directly against the skin and the arsenic may be most 

 readily absorbed. Further than this, it will be noted that some of the 

 stockings examined were intended for children, who would naturally 

 be more susceptible to poisons than persons of more mature years. 

 Doubtless many of the cases of sore feet and even some of the cases 

 of death from poisoning through excoriated surfaces on the feet have 

 been due to the presence of arsenic in the hose. While black stock- 

 ings seem to be the ones which are most likety to contain an excess of 

 arsenic, it will be noted that two of the pairs containing excessive 

 amounts of arsenic were colored blue. 



In Table X are given the results of the examination of miscellane- 

 ous fabrics other than dress goods, such as upholstery, draperies, 

 bunting, etc. Of the 23 samples examined, 1, or 4.3 per cent, contains 

 more than 0.1 grain of arsenic per square yard. It will be noted that 

 here, as elsewhere, the predominating colors in the arsenical cloth are 

 red and black. An examination of the colors of the various other 

 samples shows that red and green may predominate and yet no arsenic 

 be present. 



