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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
Shoreditch 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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REP0RTS OF THE ANALYST,
Made pursuant to the "Sale of Food and Drugs Act," 1875.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 3 | H. R. Fletcher | A 100 | Milk substitute | A Condensed Milk with perhaps a trace of cane sugar | Not decomposed; not injurious to health |
| April 18 | E. Walker | A 101 | Milk substitute | A Condensed Milk preserved by means of a little boric acid; four times the strength of milk | Not decomposed ; not injurious to health |
| June 22 | H. R. Fletcher | 66b | Bread | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 67b | Bread | Aluminia, .008 per cent. | Not decomposed; not injurious to health |
| Ditto | Ditto | 68b | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 69b | Raspberry Jam | Genuine | |
| Ditto | Ditto | 70b | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 71b | Irish Whiskey | Water over and above that contained in 25 per cent. under proof whiskey, (2¼ per cent.) | Strength, 27¼ per cent. under proof |
| Ditto | Ditto | 72b | Gin | Water over and above that contained in 35 per cent. under proof gin— (8¼ per cent.) | Strength, 43¼ per cent. under proof |
| June 23 | Ditto | 73b | Milk | Added water, 18 per cent. | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 74b | Milk | Added water, 35 per cent. | Not decomposed |
Total Number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 11.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.