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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 1896
Annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1896
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Analyst's Report for the Quarter ending the 31st day of December, 1896— continued.
| 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 iu 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 iugredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fee payable for Analysing such Article. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896. | £ | a. | d. | £ | s. | d . | |||||
| Nov. 26 | C. H. Quelch | P 95 | Milk | C0 | 12 | 6 | Milk 86 per cent. Added water 14 per cent. This opinion is based upon the fact that the sample contained only 7.27 per cent. of non fatty solids, whereas normal milk contains at least 8.5 per cent. of non fatty solids. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| * | |||||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | P 96 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | P 97 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | P 98 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 1 | Butter | * | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 84 per cent. Water, curd, and salt 15 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 1 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 2 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 3 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Dec. 17 | „ „ | Q 4 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 5 | Milk | .... | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 6 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 7 | Milk | .... | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 8 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 9 | Milk | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 10 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | c | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 11 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 12 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 13 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 14 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | Q 15 | Butter | .... | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
* Summonses withdrawn by Magistrate's advice, Defendant having taken possession of the shop the same day.
Chemical Laboratory,
Guy's Hospital, S.E.
THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D.,
Public Anal list.
Note.—Total number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 54.