Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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. |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Milk | Genuine, but poor | Vendors cautioned. |
2 | Milk | Genuine, but poor | Vendors cautioned. |
3 | Milk | Good sample | Nil. |
4 | Milk | Genuine, but poor | Vendors cautioned. |
5 | Tea | Pure | Nil. |
6 | Tinned Peas | Liquor contained l-15th grain of lead to the gallon—otherwise pure | Wholesale vendors com-municated with. |
7 | Butter | Pure | Nil. |
8 | Milk | Good sample | Nil. |
9 | Milk | Good sample | Nil. |
10 | Mixed Sweets | Pure | Nil. |
11 | Milk | 6.7 per cent, deficient iu fat | Summoned; summons dismissed. Deficiency admitted, but held to be naturally poor. |
12 | "Pure Coffee" | Pure | Nil. |
13 | Brandy | Unadulterated | Nil. |
14 | Whisky | Unadulterated | Nil. |
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.