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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 natnre and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fee payable for Analysing such Article. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Oct. 28 | C. H. Quelch | R 61 | Butter | f3 | 0 | 0 | Foreign Fats, i.e., fats other than butter fats 74 per cent., water, curd, and salt, 14 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 12 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 62 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 63 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 64 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R65 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 66 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 67 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 68 | Milk | f3 | 0 | 0 | Added water 20 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 69 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 70 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 71 | Milk | .... | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 72 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nov. 9 | „ „ | R 73 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 74 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R75 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed.. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 76 | Butter | .... | Foreign Fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 74 per cent., water, curd, and salt 18 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 8 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 77 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 78 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 79 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 80 | Milk | .... | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 81 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 82 | Milk | .... | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 83 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 84 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Dec. 1 | „ „ | R 85 | Coffee | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 86 | Coffee | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | R 87 | Coffee | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||