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Mile End 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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56 23 OCTOBER, 1889.
Milk 625 Is admixed with about 10
per cent. of added water.
„ 626 Ditto 35 per cent. ditto
„ 627 Ditto 15 per cent. ditto
Coffee 628 Genuine
„ 629 „
„ 630 „
Cocoa 631 631 Is a mixture of starch,sugar,and
cocoa. It is prepared cocoa.
„ 632 Ditto ditto ditto
Mustard 633 Genuine
Milk 634 Is admixed with about 10
per cent, of added water.
„ 635 Genuine
„ 636 „
Coffee 637 „
Pepper 638 „
Mustard 639 „
Coffee 640 „
Mustard 641 „
„ 642 „
Cocoa 643 Is a mixture of starch,sugar,and
cocoa. It is prepared cocoa.
Mustard 644 Genuine
Cocoa 645 Is a mixture of starch, sugar,and
cocoa. It is prepared cocoa.
Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter
-2 7.
(Signed) R. H. HARLAND,
9th October, 1889. Public Analyst.
That from the Reports of your Inspectors under the
Adulteration Acts, it appears that summonses were taken out
against the persons who sold the adulterated milks with the
results as follows—
In respect of the 35 percent, adulteration—30s. and costs.
„ „ 15 „ „ 1os. „
„ of oneof the 10 „ „ cases—10s. „
and „ of the other 10 „ „ case, it is still pending
before the magistrate.
That it also appears from the said Reports that the samples
were purchased as follows:
3 in the East Ward.
10 „ North „
and 14 „ Centre „
(6) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting the following works had been performed, viz:

23 OCTOBER, 1889.

Mr. R. Halley, 302 & 460 Mile End Road.
„ J. F. Haines,212
Messrs. Allars Bros.,320
Mrs. E. Cohen,318
Mr. C. Bailie,184
Mrs. S. Woolf,348
Mr. C. Dawe,159
„ G. Weston,179
„ R. Wood,181
„ H. Cushen,209
„ J. H. Brown,211
„ J. Lefever,215
„ H. Fage,217