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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 Analyed. | 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. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | £ | 8. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Dec. 19 | C. H. Quelch | A. 55 | Milk 5 ozs. | Milk 94 per cent. Added water 6 per cent. This orinion is based upon he fact that the sample contained 7.94 per cent. only of milk solids other than milk fat, instead of 8.5 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ” ” | ” ” | A. 56 | Milk 5 ” | f15 0 | 0 2 | 0 0 | Milk 92 per cent. Added water 8 per cent. This opinion is based upon the fact that the sample contained 7.81 per cent. only of milk solids other than milk fat, instead of 8.5 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| ” ” | ” ” | 57 A | Milk 5 ” | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ” ” | ” ” | 58 A | Milk 6 ” | f10 | 0 | 0 | Milk 75 per cent. Added Water 25 per cent = 100. This opinion is based upon the fact that the sample contained 6.34 per cent. only of milk solids other than milk fat instead of 8.5 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Deo. 23 | ” ” | 59 A | Milk 7 ” | c 2 | 14 | 6 | Milk 96 per cent. Added water 4 per cent.= 100. Non-fatty solids 8.17 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| ” ” | ” ” | 60 A | Milk 6 ” | Deficient in milk fat 3 per cent., 2.59 per cent. only of milk fat | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ” ” | ” ” | 61 A | Milk 6 ” | Milk, 97 per cent. Added water, 3 per cent.—100. Non-fatty solids- 8.22 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ” ” | ” ” | 62 A | Milk 6 ” | c 1 | 13 | 6 | Milk, 95 per cent. Added water, 5 per cent.—100. Non-fatty solids—8 06 per cent | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| ” ” | ” ” | 63 A | Milk 6 ” | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| ” ” | ” ” | 64 A | Milk 6 ” | Genunie | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Chemical Laboratoby,
Guy's Hospital, S.E.,
(Signed)
THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D.
Public Analyst.
Note.—Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter, 68.