London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| 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 ingredient detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fines. | Costs. |
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| 1894. | |||||||
| March 30 | C. H. Quelch | L 100 | Milk | A trace of boracic acid, or a preparation thereof; a preservative | Not decomposed | ||
| May 25 | „ „ | M 1 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 2 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 75 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 17 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 8 per cent. | Not decomposed | £6 | 14/6 |
| „ „ | „ „ | M 3 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 4 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 5 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 6 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| June 27 | „ „ | M 7 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 8 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 9 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 10 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 11 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 12 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| Sept. 25 | „ „ | M 13 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 14 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 15 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 16 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 17 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 18 | Butter | Foreign fats, 77 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 13 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 10 per cent. | A sample of margarine | £18 | 4/- |
| „ „ | „ „ | M 19 | Milk | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 20 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 21 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 22 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 23 | Milk | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 24 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |