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Shoreditch 1896
Annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1896
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The Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Sloreditch, in the County of London.
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 Quarter ending the 31st day of March, 1896.
| 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. | Fines and Costs imposed. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fee payable for Analysing such Article. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Jan. 28 | C. H. Quelch | O 65 | Milk | - | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 66 | Milk | f1 | 0 | 0 | Deficient in Butter fat, 15 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | O 67 | Milk | - | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 68 | Milk | - | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 69 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 70 | Milk | F0 | 3 | 0 | Genuine | Slightly sour when received | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| C0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 71 | Butter | f0 | 5 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter 70 per cent., water and curd and salt 19 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 11 per cent. | Not decomposed a sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| C0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 72 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 73 | Butter | f1 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent, water, curd and salt 17 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 74 | Butter | - | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | O 75 | Butter | f0 | 12 | 6 | Foreign fats, i.e. fats other than butter fat 86 per cent., water, curd and salt 11 per cent, butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | O 76 | Bntter | f1 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 76 per cent., water, curd and salt 21 per cent., butter fat not exceeding 3 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||