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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 1893
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1893
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The Vestry of the parish of saint Leopard, Shoreditch, in the Country of London.
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 Year ending the 31st day of December, 1893.
| 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. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fines. | Costs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893. | |||||||
| Jan. 23 | C. H. Quelch | K 65 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 6G | „ „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 67 | „ „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 68 | „ „ | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | ____ K 69 ____ | „ „ | 5 per cent, of low quality | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 70 | „ „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ 25 | „ „ | K 53 | „ „ | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 54 | „ „ | Water beyond the normal, 6 per cent. | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 55 | „ „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 56 | „ „ | Water beyond the normal, 4 per cent. | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 57 | „ „ | Added water, 11 per cent | „ „ | 10/6 | 2/- |
| „ „ | „ „ | K 58 | „ „ | Water beyond the normal, 5 per cent. | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 59 | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 60 | „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | ____ K 61 | „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 62 | „ | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent., water, salt and curd, 15 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 5 per cent | A sample of margarine Not decomposed | £1 | 4/- |
| „ „ | „ „ | K 63 | „ | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 64 | „ | Genuine | „ „ | ||
| Feb. 4 | „ „ | K 71 | New milk | 5 per cent, of water beyond the normal | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 72 | „ „ | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | K 73 | „ „ | Genuine | „ „ |