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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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| 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 idsntified 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 6 | J. D. Reid | 28c | Milk | Added water 20 per cent. Deficient in butter fat, containing 80 per cent, only of the usual proportion of that constitutent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 29c | Milk | Added water, 18 per cent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 30c | Milk | Added water, 8 per cent. Deficient in butter fat, containing 75 per cent, only of the usual proportion of that constituen | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 32c | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 33c | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed |
| Dec. 12 | Ditto | 34c | Butter | Foreign fats, that is to say, fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 35c | Butter | Genuine, of very low quality | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 36c | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 65 per cent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 37c | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 38c | Butter | Foreign fats, i e., fats other than butter fat, 75 per cent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 39c | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 75 per cent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 40c | Milk | Added water, 13 per eent | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 41c | Milk | Water beyond the normal, 9 per cent. | Not decomposed |
| Ditto | Ditto | 42c | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed |
Total Number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 14.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.