Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed. | Name of Person from whom the Article was received. | Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it is to be identified by the Inspector, in lieu of the name of the person from whom it was procured. | Article received. | Result of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such Article (if any). | Observations. |
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24 March | Henry R. Fletcher, Inspector of Nuisances | 94A | Milk | Added water, 16 per cent. | Not decomposed |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 95A | Ditto | Genuine | Ditto |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 98A | Bread | Ditto | Ditto |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 99 A | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 100A | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 1B | Flour | Ditto | Ditto |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 96A | Coffee | Ditto | |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 97b | Tea | Ditto | |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 2B | Gin | Ditto | Strength 31 per cent. under proof |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 3B | Whiskey | Ditto | Strength 19½ per cent. under proof |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 4B | Brandy | Ditto | Strength 24 per cent. under proof |
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 5B | Rum | Water over and above that contained in 25 per cent. under proof, Rum 2 per cent. | |
Strength 27 per cent. under proof | |||||
Ditto | Ditto ditto | 6B | Milk | Added water, 25 per cent. | Not decomposed |
Total number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 13.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.