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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 1900
[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 con taining the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu o the name of the persons 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | 8. | d. | |||||||||
| May 25 | C. H. Quelch | W 49 | Cheese | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 50 | Cheese | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 51 | Cheese | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 52 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 53 | Butter | Dismis'd | Foreign fats, i.e. fats, other than butter fat, 86 per cent. Water, curd, and salt, 13 per cent. Butter | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 54 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 55 | Butter | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e. fats, other than butter fat, 85 per cent. Water, curd, and salt, 14 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 1 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 56 | Butter | F5 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e. fats, other than butter fat, 86 per cent. Water, curd, and salt, 13 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 1 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | W 57 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| June 7 | C.H.Quelch | W 58 | Milk | 7 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | o | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 59 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 60 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | o | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W61 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 62 | Milk | F3 | 0 | 0 | Deficient in butter fat 17 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 63 | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | o | |||
| June 29 | C.H.Quelch | W 64 | Milk | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 65 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 66 | Milk ...... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | o | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 67 | Milk . .. | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 68 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | W 69 | Milk | F2 | 0 | 0 | Added water 14 per cent. Boracic acid or a prepartion thereof traces. | The boracic acid or preparation thereof is an added preservative. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Chemical Laboratoey,
Guy's Hospital, S.E.
Note.—Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter,
THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D.,
45. Public Analyst.
66