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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 81st day of December, 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. | |||||
| Oct. 13 | C. H. Quelch | R 49 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 50 | Butter | F2 | 0 | 0 | Foreign Fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 83 per cent., water, curd, and salt, 14 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 51 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 52 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 53 | Butter ____ | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 54 | Butter ____ | f0 | 10 | 0 | Foreign Fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 82 per cent., water, salt, and curd 15 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 55 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 56 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R57 | Milk | f0 | 0 | 0 | Added water 22 per cent., boracic acid or a preparation thereof, traces. | The boracic acid or preparation thereof is an added preservative. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 58 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 59 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 60 | Milk | f5 | 0 | 0 | Added water 14 per cent., boracic acid or a preparation thereof, traces. | The boracic acid or preparation thereof is an added preservative. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
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