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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 con tainingtheArticle by which it is to be identified by the Inspector in lieu of the name of tht person fromwhom it was procured, | Article received. | Fines an Costs imposed. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients, detected in such article (if any.) | Observations. | Fee payable for Analysig such Article. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Feb. 7 | C. H. Quelch | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 58 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 59 | Milk: | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 61 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 62 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Feb. 11 | ,, ,, | Y 63 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 64 | Butter | 0 12 | 0 6 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 85 per cent. Water, curd, and salt, 11 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 4 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| ,, ,, | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 67 | Milk | Genuine of low quality | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 68 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Feb. 21 | ,, ,, | Y 69 | Milk | 2 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 70 | Milk | 5 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 71 | Milk | f0 c0 | 18 2 | 0 0 | Added water 8 per cent. Artificial colouring matter traces. Boracic acid of a preparation thereof—an added preservative traces | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 72 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 73 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 74 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Feb. 25 | ,, ,, | Y 75 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 76 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 77 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 78 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 79 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | Y 80 | Milk | F4 c | 0 — | 0 | Added water 25 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |