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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.
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 30th day of June, 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 lien 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. | |||||
| April 1 | Daniel Burgess, 65, Pitfield Street, Hoxton | None | Condensed Milk | Genuine sweetened condensed skimmed milk | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| April 29 | C. H. Quelch | Q 75 | Milk | .... | Deficient in butter fat 10 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 76 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 77 | Milk | .... | Boracic acid or a preparation thereof traces. Artificial colouring matter, traces | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 79 | Milk | .... | 4 per cent. water beyond the normal. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 80 | Milk | .... | Artificial colouring matter traces | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| May 3 | „ „ | Q 81 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 82 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q83 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 84 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 85 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 86 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 87 | Milk | .... | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 88 | Milk | .... | 2 per cent of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | Q 89 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| May 7 | „ „ | Q 90 | Whiskey | f1 | 0 | 0 | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Whiskey 5¼ per cent. | Strength 301° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 91 | Whiskey | .... | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Whiskey 17 per cent. | Strength 42° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 92 | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | Strength 19° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 93 | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | Strength 25° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 94 | Gin | .... | Genuine | Strength 34£° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||