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Shoreditch 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Metropolitan Boroucgb of Shoreditch.
THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 to 1899.
The Report of the analyst appointed under the above Act for this Borough, 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, 1901.
| Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed. | Namfe 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| 1901. Jan. 1 | C. H. Quelch | X 93 | Butter | f20 c | 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 |
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | X 94 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | X 95 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | X 96 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | X 97 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | X 98 | Butter | f5 0 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 80 per cent. Water, curd and salt 13 per cent. Batter fat not exceeding 7 per cent | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | X 99 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 1 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 2 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 3 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 4 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 29 | ,, ,, | Y 5 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Jan. 2 | ,, ,, | Y 6 | Sweets | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 7 | Sweets | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 8 | Sweets | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 9 | Sweets | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 10 | Sweets | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | Y 11 | Sweets | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Jan. 4 | ,, ,, | Y 12 | Plum Jam | Genuine Jam, free from injurious ingredients | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||