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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 17 | James Walter Lear .... | 51e | Pepper | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 52e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 53e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 54e | Mustard .... | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 55e | Butter | Foreign fats, 70 per cent.; water, curd and salt, 14 per cent.; Butter-fat, not exceeding 16 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 56e | Butter | Foreign fats, 90 per cent.; water, curd and salt, 7 per cent.; Butter-fat, not exceeding 3 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 57e | Butter | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 58e | Butter | Foreign fats, 25 percent.; water, curd and salt, 13 per cent.; Butter-fat, not exceeding 61½ per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 59e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 60e | Milk | Water beyond the normal, 8 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 61e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 62e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 63e | Milk | Added water, 20 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 64e | Milk | Added water, 20 per cent | „ „ |
| Nov. 23 | „ „ „ | 65e | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than Butter-fat, 10 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 66e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 67e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 68e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 69e | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter-fat, 15 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 70e | Milk | Added water, 12 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 71e | Milk | Added water, 10 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 72e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 73e | Milk | Water beyond the normal, 5 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 74e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 24.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.