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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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REPORTS OF THE ANALYST.
Made pursuant to the Sale of " Food and Drugs Act," 187 5.
| 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. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 14 | Jas. Walter Lear | 25F | Butter | Foreign Fats i.s.. fats other than butter-fat 80 per cent, water curd and salt 18¼ per cent, butter-fat under 2 per cent. | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 26F | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 27F | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e. fats other than butter-fat 80 per cent water curd and salt, 19¼ per cent, butter-fat under 5½ per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 28f | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 29f | Coffee | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 30f | Coffee | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 31f | Coffee | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 33f | Milk | Water beyond the normal 6 per cent., butter Cut deficient to the extent of 15 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 34f | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 35F | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 36F | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 37F | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| Sept. 21 | „ „ „ | 38F | Butter | Foreign fats 70 per cent., water, curd and salt 16 per cent., butter fat not more than 14 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 39F | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 40f | Butter | Foreign Fats 80 per cent, water curd and salt 15½ per cent, butter-fat not more than 4½ per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 41F | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 42F | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 43F | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 44F | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 45F | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 46F | New milk | Added water 12 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 47F | New milk | Water beyond the normal 9 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 48f | New milk | Water beyond the normal 8 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 49F | New milk | Genuine | „ „ |
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 25. THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.