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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed. | Name of Person from whom the Article 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. | Fines and Costa imposed. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fee payable for Analysing such Article. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899. | £ s. d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Feb. 16 | C. H. Quelch | T 88 | Coffee | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 89 | Coffee | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 90 | Mustard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 91 | Mustard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 92 | Mustard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 93 | Mustard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 94 | Mustard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | T 95 | Mustard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Feb. 22 | Alfred Ward, 19, Monument Station Build-dings, E.C. | 160 | Tenpenny Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fats 60 per cent., water, salt and curd 15 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 25 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| paid. | |||||||||
| Feb. 28 | 0. H. Quelch | U 1 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | U 2 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | U 3 | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | U 4 | Milk | 4 percent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | U 5 | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | U 6 | Milk | Genuine. of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| March 8 | „ „ | U 7 | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 8 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 9 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 10 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 11 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 12 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 13 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 14 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 15 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 16 | Butter | f2 0 c0 12 6 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 75 per cent. Water, salt, and curd 17 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 8 per cent | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | TT 17 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 18 | Butter | f20 0 0 | Foreign fats, i.e.. fats other than | A sample of mar- | |||
| c3 3 0 | butter fat 85 per cent. Water, | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| salt and curd 14 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 1 per cent | |||||||||