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 FOOD 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 31st day of December, 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 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. | ||||
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1901. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
Oct. 10 | Wm. Firth | Z 96 | Butter 3 ozs. | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | Z 97 | Butter 2½ „ | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
” ” | Z 98 | Butter 2¾ „ | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
” ” | Z 99 | Butter 2¾ ,, | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
” ” | ” ” | 1 A | Butter 2 ,, | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | ” ” | 2 A | Butter 3 „ | Fb cO | 6 12 | 0 6 | Foreign fats, i.e. fats other than butter fat80 per cent. Water, curd and salt 15 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 5 percent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Oot. 21 | Charles Langstone | 3 A | Butter 1½ „ | 100 Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | ” ” | 4 A | Butter 1½ „ | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | ” ” | 5 A | Butter 1½ ,, | Genuine | Not decomposid | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | ” ” | 6 A | Butter 3 „ | Butter fat, 79.3 per cent. Water, 18.0 per cent. Salt and Curd, 2.0 per cent. Boric Acid, 0.77 percent.—100 | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | ” ” | 7A | Butter 1½„ | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
” ” | ” ” | 8 A | Butter 1½ „ | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |