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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
Shoreditch 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Analyst's Report for the Year ending the 31st day of December, 1895—continued.
| Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed. | Name of Person from whom the Artiole was received. | Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured. | Article received. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredient detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fines. | Costs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895. Jan. 30 | G. H. Quelch | M 93 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 85 per cent., water curd and salt 13 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 2 per cent. | A sample of margarine | £1 | 12/6 |
| „ „ | „ „ | M 94 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 95 | Butter ____ | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 96 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 97 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | M 98 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
| Feb. 6. | „ „ | M 99 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 100 | Milk | 6 per cent, of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 1 | Milk | 4 percent of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ 14 | „ „ | N 3 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 6 | Milk | 3 percent of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ 19 | „ „ | N 2 | Milk | 4 percent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 4 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 5 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 7 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 8 | Milk | 4 percent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 9 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ 23 | „ „ | N 10 | coffee | Genuine | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 11 | coffee | Coffee 55 percent. Chicory 45 per cent | £ 5 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 12 | coffee | Genuine | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 13 | coffee | Genuine | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 14 | coffee | Genuine | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 15 | coffee | Coffee 50 percent. Chicory 50 percent. | £ 9 | ||
| „ 28 | „ „ | N 16 | coffee | Coffee 50 percent. Chicory 50 percent. | Dismissed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 17 | coffee | Genuine | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 18 | coffee | Coffee 60 percent. Chicory 40 percent. | £1 | 12/6 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | N 19 | coffee | Coffee 50 percent. Chicory 50 percent. | £1 | 12/6 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | N 20 | coffee | Genuine | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 21 | Coffee | Genuine | |||
| March 29 | „ „ | N 22 | Syrup of Senna | Genuine (B.P) | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 23 | Syrup of Senna | Genuine (B.P.) | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | N 24 | Syrup of Senna | Genuine (B.P.) | |||