Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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THE SALE OF POOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 to 1899.
The Report of the public 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 30th day of June, 1901.
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 linn 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. | ||||
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£ | S. | d. | £ | s. | d | ||||||
April 1 | C. H. Quelch,, ,, | 93 Y | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | 94 Y | Butter | Dismissed. | Foreign fats, i.e. fats, other than butter fat, F0 per cent. Water, curd, and salt, 13 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 7 per cent. | A sample of margarine. | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | 95 Y | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | 96 Y | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | 97 Y | Milk | F3 | 10 | 0 | Added water 4 per cent., deficient in butter fat, 7 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
,, ,, | 98 Y | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
April 15 | C. H. Quelch,, ,, | 99 Y | Butter | f2 | 0 | 0 | Foreign fats, i.e. fats, other than butter fats, 85 per cent. Water, salt and curd, 13 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 2 per cent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
c0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z1 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 2 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 3 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 4 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 5 | Milk | f0 | 1 | 0 | 7 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
April 26 | C. H. Quelch | Z 6 | Milk | c0 | 2 | 0 | 7 per cent. of water beyond the normal | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 7 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 8 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 9 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 10 | Milk | Case wi'hdr'wn | Added water 3 per cent. Deficient in butter fat 9 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | Z 11 | Milk | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
April 30 | C. H. Quelch | Z 12 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
,, ,, | per J. W. Lear | Z 13 | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |