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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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| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 17 | Mr. Clay, | Shoreditch Infirmary | Milk | Water beyond the normal 7 per cent., also poor in butter fat, containing 9/10ths only of the average proportion of that constituent | Not decomposed; possibly the undiluted milk of an ill-fed cow, but not such as would be obtained by milking a herd of ordinary ill-fed cows |
| Dec. 15 | H. R. Fletcher | 85b | Bread | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 86b | Bread | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 87b | Bread | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 88b | Bread | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Dec. 20 | Ditto | 89b | Milk | Genuine—poor in butter fat | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 90b | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 91b | Coffee | Genuine | |
| Ditto | Ditto | 92b | Coffee | Chicory, 15 per cent. | |
| Ditto | Ditto | 93b | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 94b | Butter | Genuine, of inferior quality | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 95b | Milk | Added water, 30 percent. | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 96b | Milk | Added water, 15 percent. | Not decomposed |
Total Number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 13.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.