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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 28.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.
| 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 person from whom it was procured. | Article received. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredient detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fee payable for analysing such article. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Nov. 7 | A W. Stiles | 28j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 29j | New milk | Deficient in butter fat 15 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 30j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 31j | New milk | Added water 15 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 32j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 33j | New milk | Added water 25 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 34j | New milk | 6 per cent, water beyond the normal. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 35j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 36j | New milk | 7 per cent, water beyond the normal . | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nov. 11 | „ „ | 37j | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 38j | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 39j | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 40j | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 41j | Lard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 42j | Lard | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 43j | Coffee | Genuine | .... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 44j | Coffee | Genuine | .... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 45j | Coffee | Genuine | .... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nov. 14 | „ „ | 46j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 47j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 48j | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 49j | New milk | G per cent, water beyond the normal. | N ot decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 50j | Coffee | Chicory 85 per cent | .... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 51j | Coffee | Chicory 12 per cent | .... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 52j | Coffee | Chicory 7 per cent | .... | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | 53j | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 1(5 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 4 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 54j | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 65 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 19 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 16 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dec. 3 | „ „ | A | New milk | Added water 20 per cent, | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| £14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||