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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Jan. i | C. H. Quelch | Y 13 | Raspberry Jam | Genuine Jam, free from injurious ingredients | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 14 | Black Currant Jam | Genuine Jam, free from injurious ingredien | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Y 15 | Genuine Jam, free from injurious | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 16 | Black Currant Jam | Genuine Jam, free from injurious ingredients | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 17 | Plum Jam . | Genuine Jam, free from injurious ingredients | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Jan. 17 | ,, ,, | Y 18 | Pour Ale | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 20 | Pour Ale | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 21 | Pour Ale | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | Y 22 | Pour Ale | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| ,, ,, | Y 23 | Pour Ale | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Jan. 21 | ,, ,, | Y 24 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 25 | Butter | f5 c | 0 — | 0 | Foreign fats,i.e.,fats other than butter fat 85 per cent. Water, curd and salt 13 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 2 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Y 26 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 27 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 28 | Milk | f3 CO | 0 12 | 0 6 | Boracic acid or a preparation thereof, an added preservative traces. Added water 12 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 29 | Milk | 5 per cent, of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 30 | Milk | f2 | 0 | 0 | Added water 9 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jan. 23 | ,, ,, | Y 31 | Milk | cO | 12 | 6 | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 32 | Milk | Dismissed | Added water 4 per cent. Deficient in butter fat 4 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||