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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 1886
[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," 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28 | Jas. Walter Lear .... | 1e | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 2e | Butter | Foreign Fate, i.e., fats othes than butter-fat, 80 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 3e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 4e | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e.,, fats other than butter-fat, 8.5 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 5e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 6e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 7e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 8e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 9e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| June 3 | „ „ „ | 10e | Pepper | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 11e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 12e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 13e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 14e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 15e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 16e | Mustard | Wheat flour 30 per cent., and a minute quantity of turmeric | „ „ |
| „ „ | 18e | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e.,., fats other than butter-fat, 80 per cent | „ „ | |
| „ „ | „ „ „„ „ „ | 19e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 20e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 21e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 22e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 23e | Milk | Added water 25 per cent, | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 24e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 25e | Milk | Added water 15 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 26e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 25.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.