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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
Mile End 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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20 JULY, 1892.
(11) That your Committee resolved to recommend—That
authorities to the Sanitary Inspectors to enter premises for
the purpose of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, be
sealed.
(12) That your Clerk submitted the Quarterly Report of your
Analyst, as follows:
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.
Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, upon the articles analysed by him under the above Act, during the Quarter ending the 24th June, 1892.
| Milk | 137 | Genuine. |
| „ | 138 | „ |
| „ | 139 | „ |
| „ | 140 | Is admixed with about 15 per cent. of added water. |
| „ | 141 | Genuine. |
| „ | 142 | Contains about 12 per cent. less than the usual proportion of cream; in other words about 12 per cent, of the cream has been abstracted. |
| Butter | 143 | Genuine. |
| „ | 144 | „ |
| Milk | 145 | „ |
| „ | 146 | „ |
| „ | M7 | „ |
| „ | 148 | „ |
| Butter | 149 | „ |
| „ | 150 | „ |
| Milk | 151 | „ |
| „ | 152 | „ |
| „ | 153 | „ |
| „ | 154 | „ |
| Butter | 155 | Is a sample of margarine. |
| „ | 156 | Genuine. |
| Milk | 157 | Is admixed with about 18 per cent. of added water. |
| „ | 158 | Genuine. |
| „ | 159 | „ |
| „ | 160 | „ |
| Butter | 161 | „ |
| „ | 162 | „ |
| „ | 163 | „ |
| Milk | 164 | Is admixed with about 20 per cent. of added water. |
| „ | I65 | Genuine. |
| „ | 166 | „ |
| „ | 167 | „ |