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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21 | James Walter Lear .... | 75e | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 76e | Butter | Foreign fats, 50 per cent., not more than 37 per cent of butter-fat | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 77e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 78e | Butter | Foreign fats, 60 per cent., not more than 24 per cent. of butter-fat | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 79e | Butter | Foreign fats, 70 per cent., not more than 16 per cent. of butter-fat | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 80e | Milk | Deficient in butter-fat, 20 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 81e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 82e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 83e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 84e | Milk | Water, beyond the normal 6 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 85e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| Feb. 28 | „ „ „ | 86e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 87e | Mustard | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | 88e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 89e | Pepper | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 90e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 91e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 92e | Butter | Foreign fats, 50 per cent.; water, Salt and curd, 16½ per cent. | Not dcmpd.,not more than 33½ per cent. of butter-fat |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 93e | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 94e | Butter | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 95e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 96e | Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 97e | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 98e | Milk | Water beyond the normal, 8 per cent | „ „ |
Total number of Samples analysed during the quarter, 24.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.