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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 Analysis such Article. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899. | £ s. d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Nov. 30 | C. H. Quelch | V 55 | Milk | cO 12 6 | Water beyond the normal 3 per cent. Deficient in butter fat 15 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 56 | Milk | .... | 7 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed____ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 57 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 58 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | in | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 59 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | V 60 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | in | n | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 61 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | n | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 62 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 63 | Butter | F4 0 0 CO 12 6 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 84 per cent., water, salt and curd, 14 per cent. butter fat not exceeding 2 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | V 64 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 65 | Butter | .... | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 66 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 67 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 68 | Milk | )2 0 0 cO 12 6 | Added water 8 per cent., deficient in butter fat, 15 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 69 | Milk | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | V 70 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 71 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 72 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 73 | Butter | F5 0 0 cO 12 6 | Foreign fats,i.e.,fats other than butter fat 83 per cent. Water, curd and | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 74 | salt 15 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 2 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | V 75 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 76 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 76 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | V 77 | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Chemical Laboratory,
Guy's Hospital, S.E., THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D.
Note.—Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter, 39. Analyst for the said Parish.
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