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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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REPORTS OP 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 19 | Jno. Daniel Reid | 5c | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 6c | Batter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent | Ditto, not injurious to health |
| Ditto | Ditto | 7c | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| June 20 | Ditto | 8c | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 9c | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 10c | Milk | Added water, 12 per cent | Not decomposed |
| June 22 | Ditto | 11c | Milk | Added water, 35 per cent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 12c | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 13c | Milk | Genuiue | Not decomposed |
Total Number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 9.
Containing Foreign Ingredients, 3.
THOS. STEYENSON, Analyst.