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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 1894
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1894
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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 Year ending the 31st day of December, 1894.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894. | |||||||
| Jan. 19 | C. H. Qulch | L 72 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 73 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 74 | Milk | Dsficient in butter fat 35 per cent. | Not decomposed | Dismissal | |
| „ „ | „ „ | L 75 | Milk | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 76 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 77 | Milk | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 78 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 82 | Milk | Added water 30 per cent. | Not decomposed | f.12 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | L 84 | Milk | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 87 | Milk | Added water 18 per cent. | No decomposed | £7 4 | 2/ |
| „ „ | „ „ | L 88 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 89 | Coffee | Chicory 30 per cent. | Not decomposed | £6 15 | 2/ |
| „ „ | „ „ | L 91 | Milk | Added water 8 per cent. | Not decomposed | £3 4 | 2/ |
| „ 23 | „ „ | L 79 | Milk | 4 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 80 | Milk | 3 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 81 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 83 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 85 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 86 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 90 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| Mar. 30 | „ „ | L 92 .. | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 93 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 94 | Milk ____ | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 95 | Milk | Added water 24 per cent. | Not decomposed | £3 | 12/6 |
| „ „ | „ „ | L 96 | Milk | Added water 34 per cent., a trace of boracic acid or a preparation thereof, a preservative | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 97 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | L 98 | Milk | Added water 34 per cent. | Not decomposed | £13 | 2/- |
| „ „ | „ „ | Milk | A trace of boracic acid or a preparation thereof. a preservative | Not decomposed | |||