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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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The Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of London.
ALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.|.L/L.
The Report of the Analyst appointed under the above Act for this County, of the number of articles of Food, Drink, and Drugs, which have been received and analysed by such Analyst, specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such articles, &c., during the Quarter ending the 31st day of March, 1897.
| 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. | 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Jan. 21 | C. H. Quelch | Q 16 | Preserved Green Peas | Copper, 0.24 grains per pound | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 17 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 18 | Preserved Green Peas | Copper, 0.27 grains per pound | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Feb. 4 | „ „ | Q 19 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 20 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 21 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 22 | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 23 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 24 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 25 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 25 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 27 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 28 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „. | Q 29 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 30 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Feb. 5 | John More, 19, Monument Station Buildings | 18 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 73 per cent. Water, curd, and salt 24 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 (paid) | 6 | |||
| Feb. 18 | C. H. Quelch | Q 31 | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 32 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 33 | Milk | Deficient in butter fat 12 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 34 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||