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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 con-taiug 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, |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 8 | J. D. Reid | 43c | Milk | "Water beyond the normal, 7 per cent. | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 44c | Milk | Added water, 16 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 45c | Milk | Added water, 12 per cent. Deficient in butter fat, containing 60 per cent, only of usual proportion | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 46c | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 47c | Milk | Added water, 12 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 48c | Milk | Water beyond the normal, 5 per cent. | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 49c | Milk | Added water, 16 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 50c | Milk | Added water, 12 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 5lc | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 52c | Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 53c | Butter | Foreign fats, t.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 54c | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 55c | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fats, 80 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 56c | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 57c | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 65 per cent | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 58c | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed. |
| Ditto | Ditto | 59c | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter | Not decomposed. |
| fat, 60 per cent | Not decomposed. |
Total Number of Samples Analysed during the Quarter, 17.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.