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Bethnal Green 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.

Report of Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the County of Middletex, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act during the Quarter ending the24th June,1890.

Articles Analysed.Submitted by.Result of the Analysis.Observations.
Milk,No. 2/4Inspector for VestryTwenty per cent. of the cream had been abstractedVendor prosecuted and fined £ 20 and coats.
No. 2/5„„Genuine
No. 2/6„ „Contained an excess of cream.
No. 2/7„ „
No. 2/8„ „Forty per cent. of the cream had been abstractedVendor prosecuted and fined and costs.
No. 2/9„ „Genuine
No. 2/10„ „Contained 25 per cent of added waterVendor prosecuted and fined and costs.
No. 2/11„ „Genuine
No. 2/12„ „Of very poor quality.
No. 2/22„ „
No. 2/23„ „
No. 2/24„ „
No. 2/25„ „All the cream had been abstractedSold as skim milk.
No. 2/26„ „Genuineof very poor quality.
No.2/27„ „
Butter,No. A/1„ „

Total number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, l6; number adulterated, J.
Dated 8th July, 1890. (Signed). ALF. W. STOKES, F.C.S., F.I.C.. Public Analyst.