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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 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. | £ a. d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| July 18 | O. H. Quelch | V 16 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 17 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V18 .. | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 19 .. | Butter | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 20 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | Milk | 4 per cent of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 22 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 23 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | . V 24 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 25 .. | Milk | oO 12 6 | Added water 9 per cent., milk 91 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 27 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not. decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | . . V 28 .. | Milk | FO 5 0 cO 12 6 | Deficient in butter fat 14 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 29 .. | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 30 .. | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 31 .. | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Sept 28 | „ „ | .. V 32 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 33 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 34 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 35 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 36 .. | Milk | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | .. V 37 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | Cod Liver Oil | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Chemical Laboratory,
Guy's Hospital, S.E.
Note.—Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter, 43.
THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D.,
Analyst for the said Parish.
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