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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 1897
[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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| May 7 | C. H. Quelch | Q 95 | Whiskey | .... | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Whiskey 3½ per cent. | Strength 28½° U.P. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Rl | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | Strength 23¾° U.P. | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 2 | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | Strength 23° U.P. | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 3 | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | Strength 24°U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 4 | Gin | .... | Genuine | Strength 33½° U .P. | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 5 | Gin | .... | Water over and above that contained in 35° U.P. Gin 3½ per cent. | Strength 35½°U .P. | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 6 | Gin | .... | Genuine | Strength 32½° U.P. | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 7 | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | Strength 25° U.P. | 0 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 8 | Gin | .... | Water over and above that contained in 35° U.P. Gin2 per cent. | Strength 37° U.P. | 0 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 9 | Gin | .... | Genuine | Strength 33½°U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R10 | Gin | .... | Genuine | Strength 34½° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 11 | Gin | .... | Genuine | Strength 34° U .P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 12 | Gin | .... | Water over and above that contained in 35° U.P. Gin 1 per cent. | Strength 36° U.P. | 0 0 | 10 10 | 0 0 | ||
| May 18 | „ „ | R 13 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 14 | Butter | .... | Foreign fats,i.e. ,fats other than butter fat 75 per cent. Water, salt, and curd 24 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 1 per cent. | A sample of Margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 15 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 16 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 17 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 18 | Butter | .... | Foreign fats,i.e.,fats other than butter fat 82 per cent. Water, curd and salt 15 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of Margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 19 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 20 | Milk | f2 | 0 | 0 | Deficient in butter fat 35 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | R 21 | Milk | f5 | 0 | 0 | Deficient in butter fat 47 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | R 22 | Milk | c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 23 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | R 23 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 24 | Milk | .... | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||