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Clerkenwell 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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including the name of the Vendor, and shall enter these marks,
together with all necessary particulars relating to the Sample
to which they are affixed, in the book kept for that purpose, as
specified in Clause 5, and he shall then, as soon as possible,
take the Sample to the Analyst, and in his presence shall
divide it into two parts, one of which he shall leave with the
Analyst, with the distinguishing marks upon it, and the other
he shall keep under lock, as specified in Clause 8.
12 —That the Analyst shall analyse all Samples submitted to him
in accordance with the foregoing Regulations, and shall for every
article so analysed, give to the Inspector a Certificate of the result
of his analysis, as directed in the Act; and the Inspector shall
deliver such of these certificates as relate to articles received
from Purchasers to the persons from whom he received the
Samples, and all other Certificates he shall deliver to the Sanitary
Committee to be dealt with by them as they shall think proper.
13.—That the Analyst shall, in his Certificate of the result of the
analysis of any Sample, refer to the Sample analysed by means
of its distinguishing marks, and shall not specify the name of
the Vendor or any individual; and the Certificate shall be so
worded that it cannot be applied to any other Sample or used
in any other way for the purposes of advertisement.
14.—That the Inspector shall not be allowed to alter or interfere in
any way with any Certificate so as to cause it to be visibly
identified with the Vendor of the article, or with any person,
and shall not bo allowed to give any form of Certicate
himself.
15.—That the book containing the Names and and other Particulars
with reference to the Marked Samples, shall be kept in the
custody of the Inspector, and no Officer or other person shall
have access thereto, or to the Sealed Duplicate Samples in the
possession of the Inspector, except us ordered by a Court of Law
upon any proceedings against the Vendor of Adulterated Articles,
or by the Vestry, or the Sanitary Committee of the Board.