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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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13 APRIL, 1892.
| Coffee 131 | Genuine. |
| Pepper 132 | |
| Milk 133 | |
| 134 | Is exceedingly poor milk. |
| 135 | Genuine. |
| Butter 136 | Is a sample of margarine; it is not butter. |
| Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter, 44. | |
{Signed)
R. H. HARLAND, f.i.c., f.c.s.,
30th March, 1892.
Public Analyst.
That from the Reports of your Inspectors under the Adulteration Acts it appears:
| (a) That the samples were purchased as follows: | |
| North Ward | 10 |
| East „ | 4 |
| West „ | 10 |
| Centre „ | 11 |
| South | 9 |
| 44 | |
(b) That proceedings were taken against the sellers of the following samples of margarine, with the following results:
| No. 108c | Fine of £4 and costs. |
| „ 120c | „ £1 10/- „ |
| „ 136c | „ £1 10/- „ |
(c) That the seller of the sample of milk No. 116l, containing
about 10 per cent. less than the usual
proportion of cream, was cautioned.
(7) That Mr. Cox, your Inspector under the Adulteration of
Food, &c., Acts, submitted two certificates of your Analyst
certifying as follows:
No. 140. Milk. Admixed with about 15 per cent. of
added water.
No. 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.
and your Committee resolved to recommend—That proceedings
be taken against the person who sold to your
Inspector the sample of milk admixed with about 15 per cent.
of added water; and that the person who sold the sample
containing 12 per cent. less than the usual proportion of
cream, be cautioned.