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Mile End 1892

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

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13 APRIL, 1892.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.

Table: 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 25th March, 1892.

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 25th March, 1892.

Butter107cGenuine.
„108Is admixed with about 85 per cent, of foreign fat (margarine).
„109Genuine.
„110„
Milk111„
Butter112„
„113„
„114„
Lard115„
Butter116„
MilkII7„
„105l„
„106„
„107„
„108„
Butter109„
Coffee110„
Mustard111„
Butter112„
CoffeeIJ3„
MustardH4„
Coffee118c„
„119„
Butter120Is a sample of margarine.
„121Genuine.
Milk115/„
„116Contains about 10 per cent. less than the usual proportion of cream, in other words about 10 per cent. of the cream has been abstracted.
„117Genuine.
)}118„
„1226*Is exceedingly poor milk.
„I23Genuine.
„124Is exceedingly poor milk.
„l25Genuine.
Coffee126„
Pepper127„
Coffee128„
„129„
Pepper130„