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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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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.
The Report of the Analyst appointed under the above Act for this County, of the number of articles of Food, Drink, and Drugs which have been received and analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such articles, &c., during the Quarter ending the 30th day of June, 1899.
| 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 Costs 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. | |||||
| April 19 | C. H. Quelch | U 31 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 32 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | TJ 33 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | o | 10 | o | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 34 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 85 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 36 | Milk | Fl 0 0 CO 12 6 | Deficient in butter fat 24 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 37 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 38 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 39 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 40 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 41 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 42 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| April 27 | „ „ | U 43 | Milk | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 44 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 45 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 46 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 47 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 48 | Milk | f2 0 0 | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 49 | Milk | c0 12 6 | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 50 | Milk | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 51 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 62 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 53 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 54 | Milk | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 55 | Milk | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | U 56 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | (1 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | U 57 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |