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Stoke Newington 1894

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the last three-quarters of the year 1894

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A full record of the work performed by the Chief Sanitary
Inspector and his assistants will be found appended to this Report;
it constitutes in my opinion an excellent record of sanitary work
performed in 9 months.
Analyses performed under the Food and Drugs Act, 1875, and the
Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1879.

In the month of November I undertook the duties of Acting Public Analyst for the parish, and during the remainder of the year the following samples were taken by Mr. Burgess for the purpose of analysis:—

No.Sample Analysed.Opinion Formed.Action Taken.
1MilkGenuine, but poorVendors cautioned.
2MilkGenuine, but poorVendors cautioned.
3MilkGood sampleNil.
4MilkGenuine, but poorVendors cautioned.
5TeaPureNil.
6Tinned PeasLiquor contained l-15th grain of lead to the gallon—otherwise pureWholesale vendors com-municated with.
7ButterPureNil.
8MilkGood sampleNil.
9MilkGood sampleNil.
10Mixed SweetsPureNil.
11Milk6.7 per cent, deficient iu fatSummoned; summons dismissed. Deficiency admitted, but held to be naturally poor.
12"Pure Coffee"PureNil.
13BrandyUnadulteratedNil.
14WhiskyUnadulteratedNil.

There appears to be comparatively little food adulteration
practised in Stoke Newington. This is doubtless due to the fact
that the parish contains none of those vendors of food-articles who
cater for the very poorest classes—for the reason that there are so
few of the very poorest classes in the parish, and it is among
vendors of this class that food articles are most frequently found to
be adulterated.