Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 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. | ||||
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1897. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
March 20 | C. H. Quelch | Q 57 | Demerara Sugar | f0 | 7 | 6 | Sugar crystals 99½per cent. Foreign due a trace | The sample was one of Dyed sugar cry | 0 | 10 | 0 |
c0 | 12 | 6 | Moisture ¼ per cent | stals, not the article known as genuine Demerara Sugar | |||||||
Demerara | f0 | 7 | 6 | Sugar crystals, 99¼ per cent. Foreign | The sample was one | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
Sugar | c0 | 12 | 6 | dye a trace. Moisture ¾ per cent.. | of Dyed Sugar crystals, not the article known as genuine | ||||||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 59 | Demerara Sugar | Genuine | Demerara Sugar | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 60 | Demerara Sugar | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
March 25 | C. H. Quelch | Q 61 | Milk | Added water 8 per cent., boracic acid or a preparation thereof a trace | The Boracic Acid or preparation thereof is an added preservative | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 62 | Milk | F1 | 0 | 0 | Added water 11 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
„ „ | c0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 63 | Milk | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 64 | Milk | f2 | 0 | 0 | Added water 13 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 65 | Butter | f5 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e. fats other than | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
c0 | 2 | 0 | butter fats 54 per cent.,water, curd and salt 11 per cent, butter fat not exceeding 35 per cent. | ||||||||
„ „ | „ „ | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e , fats other than butter fats 82 per cent., water, curd and salt 13 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 5 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Q 67 | Butter | f1 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than | Asample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
c0 | 2 | 0 | butter fat, 80 per cent , water, curd and salt 15 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 5 per cent. | ||||||||
„ „ | „ „ | Q 68 | Butter | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 |