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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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| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 10 | James Walter Lear .... | 27e | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter-fat, 85 per cent. ; water, curd & salt, 12½ per ct. | Butter-fat not exceeding 2½ per cent. |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 28e | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 29e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 30e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 31e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 32e | Milk | Added water 15 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 33e | Milk | Added water 10 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 34e | Milk | Added water 10 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 35e | Milk | Added water 12 per cent | „ „ |
| „ 17 | „ „ „ | 36e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 37e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 38e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 39e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 40e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 41e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 42e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 43e | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter-fat, 70 per cent | Butter-fat not more than 12 per cent. |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 44e | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 45e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 46e | Milk | Added water 9 per cent., deficient in butter-fat 30 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 47e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 48e | Milk | Genuine | yy yy |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 49e | Milk | Added water 12 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 50e | Milk | Water beyond the normal 6 per cent | „ „ |
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 24.
THOS. STEVENSON, Auditor.