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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 Artie by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu the name of the persons 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 22 | C. H. Quelck | 25 | Whiskey | Genuine | Strength 23 U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 26 | Whiskey | f 3 | 0 | 0 | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Whiskey 5f per cent. | Strength 30¾Q U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | R 27 | Whiskey | f3 | 0 | 0 | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Whiskey 2 per cent. | Strength 27 U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 28 | Whiskey | .... | Genuine | btrengtn 23¼Q U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 29 | Whiskey | .... | Water over and above that contained in 25S U.P. Whiskey 7¾ per cent. | Strength 32¾Q U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 30 | Whiskey | .... | Waterover and above that contained in 25° U.P. Whiskey 2 ¼ per cent. | Strength 27¼U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 37 | Rum | .... | Genuine | Strength 25°. U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 38 | Rum | .... | Genuine | Strength 20° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 39 | Rum | f3 | 0 | 0 | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Rum 8¾per cent. | Strength 33¾° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | R 40 | Rum | .... | Genuine | Strength 20 U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 41 | Rum | .... | Water over and above that contained in 25° U.P. Rum 1½ per cent. | Strength 26½ U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 42 | Rum | .... | Genuine | Strength 3° U.P. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| June 28 | „ „ | R 31 | Milk | f3 | 0 | 0 | Added water 28 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 32 | Milk | .... | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 33 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 34 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 35 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 36 | Milk | .... | Added water 15 per cent. Boracic acid or a preparation thereof traces | The boracic acid orpreparation thereof is an | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 43 | Butter | .... | Genuine | added preservation Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 44 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 45 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 46 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 47 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | R 48 | Butter | f1 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats,i.e.,fats other than butter fat 75 per cent. Water,curd and salt 19 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 6 per cent. | A Sample of Margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
Chemical Laboratory,
Guy's Hospital, S.E.
THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D.,
Public Analyst.
Note.—Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter, 70