London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
| 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. | |||||||
| Oct 31 | C. H. Quelch | M 25 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 26 | Milk | Added water 13 per cent. | Not decomposed | £5 | 2/- |
| „ „ | „ „ | M 27 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 28 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 29 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 85 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 12 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of margarine | £20 | 2/- |
| „ „ | M 30 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | .M 31 | Pure olive oil | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 32 | Sublime salad oil. | Vegetable oils other than olive oil, 90 per cent. | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 33 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 34 | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 35 | Olive oil | Vegetable oils other than olive oil, 75 per cent , water 2½ per cent. | Not decomposed | £16 | 2/- |
| „ „ | „ „ | M 36 | Olive oil | Vegetable oils other than olive oil, 80 per cent. | Not decomposed | £16 | 21- |
| Nov. 7 | „ „ | M 37 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 38 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 39 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 40 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 41 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 42 | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 43 | Olive oil. | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 44 | Olive oil. | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 45 | Olive oil. | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 46 | Olive oil. | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | M 47 | Olive oil | Foreign vegetable oils, i.e., vegetable oils other than olive oil, 50 per cent. Olive oil 50 per cent. | Not decomposed | £10 | 2/- |