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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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REPORTS OF THE ANALYST.
Made pursuant to the "Sale of Food and Drugs Act," 1885.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28 | Jas. Walter Lear | 15d | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 16d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 17d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 18d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 19d | Milk | Water beyond the normal 7 per cent.; deficient in butter fat 10 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 20d | Milk | Deficient in butter fat 20 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 21d | Milk | Water beyond the normal 5 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 22d | Milk | Deficient in butter fat 10 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 23d | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| June 5 | „ „ „ „ | 23d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 24d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 25d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 26d | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 27d | Milk | Added water 35 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 28d | Milk | Added water 20 per cent. | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 29d | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 30d | Milk | Added water 30 per cent. Deficient in butter fat 30 per cent., containing 70 per cent. only of the usual proportion of that constituent | „ „ A skimmed and watered milk |
| „ „ | „ „ „ „ | 31d | Bread | Genuine | Not decomposed |
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 18.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.