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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 1887
[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 Artic'e was received. | Number marked on the parcel containing the Article by which it. is to be identified by th: Inspector in lien 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 7 | Jas. Walter Lear | 71F | Coffee | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 72F | Coffee | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 73F | Coffee | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 74F | Pepper | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 75F | Pepper | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 76F | Mustard | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 77F | Mustard | Wheaten flour 40 per cent., and a minute quantity of turmeric | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 78F | New Milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 79F | New Milk | Genuinene | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 80F | New Milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 81F | New Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 82F | New Milk | Added water 8 per cent., deficient in butter-fat 20 per cent | |
| „ 13 | „ „ „ | 83F | Coffee | Chicory 5 per cent | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 84F | Coffee | Chicory 25 per cent | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 85F | Arrowroot | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 56F | Arrowroot | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 57F | Mustard | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 88F | Mustard | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 89F | Mustard | Genuine | |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 90F | New Milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 91F | New Milk | Added water, 15 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 92F | New Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 93F | New Milk | Genuine | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 94F | New Milk | Water beyond the normal 5 per cent | „ „ |
| „ „ | „ „ „ | 95F | New Milk | Added water 20 per cent | „ „ |
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 21.
THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.