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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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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 ths Inspector in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured. | Article received. | Result of Analysis Specifying the nature and kind of foreign in gredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | Jas. Walter Lear | 1F | White Pepper | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 2F | Black Pepper | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 3F | Black Pepper | A trace of foreign vegetable matter of uncertain character | Probably an accidental admixture |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 4F | Black Pepper | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 5f | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 6f | Butter | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 7f | Butter | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 8F | Butter | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 9F | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 10f | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 11f | Milk | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 12f | Milk | Genuine | Of exceptional composition being rich in butter-fa and poor in other con Stituents not decomposed |
| June 6 | „ „ „ | 13F | Butter | Foreign fats 90 per cent, water curd and salt 10 per cent | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 14F | Butter | Foreign fats 55 per cent water salt and curd 19 per cent, butter-fat 26 per cent | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 15f | Butter | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 16f | Pepper | Sandy earth 8 per cent | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 17F | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 18F | Coffee | Genuine | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 19f | Coffee | Chicory 40 per cent | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 20F | Coffee | Chicory 5 per cent | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 21f | New Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 22F | New Milk | Added water 25 per cent | „ „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 23F | New Milk | Water beyond the normal 8 per cent, 30 per cent. butter-fat deficient | Not decomposed Not a genuine whole Milk. |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 24f | New Milk | Added water 25 per cent | Not decomposed |
| June 8 | C. R. Martin, Steward of Shoreditch Infirmary, per J. W. Lear | No. 1 | Milk | Water beyond the normal 5 per cent. Deficient in butter-fat 10 per cent | Very poor, but just possibly a genuine Milk, if from one cow. |