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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 1888
[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. | Fee payable for Analysing such Article. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Sept. 5 | J. W. Lear | 23g | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 24g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 25g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 26g | Batter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 27g | Mustard | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 28g | Mustard | Wheaten flour 10 per cent. and a trace of turmeric | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 29g | Mustard | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 30g | Mustard | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 31g | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 32g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 33g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 34g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 35g | New milk | Added water 10 per cent. and deficient in butter-fat 25 per cent. | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sept. 13 | „ „ | 36g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 37g | Butter | Foreign fats 80 %. Water salt and curd 16%. Butter-fat not exceeding 4% | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 38g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 39g | Lard | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 40g | Lard | Cotton-seed oil 10 per cent | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 41g | Lard | Cotton-seed oil 45 per cent | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 42g | Coffee | Chicory 70 per cent | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 43g | Coffee | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 44g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 45g | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 46g | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 47g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | £12 | 10 | 0 | |||||
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 25. THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.