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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. | ||||||
| Nov. 14 | J. W. Lear | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 49g | Butter | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 50g | Butter | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 51g | Butter | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | Mustard | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | 53g | Mustard | Genuine | 10 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 54g | Mustard | Genuine | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | 55g | New milk | Added water 14 per cent. | Not decomposed | 10 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | 56g | New milk | Water beyond the normal 8 per cent | 10 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 57g | New milk | Added water 10 per cent | 10 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | (not divided) 58g | New milk | Genuine | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | 59g | New milk | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 60g | New milk | Water beyond the normal 8 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Nov. 23 | „ „ | 61g | New milk | Genuine | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | 62g | New milk | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 63g | New milk | Water beyond the normal 7 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 64g | New milk | Added water 7 per cent. Deficient in butter-fat 15 per cent. | 10 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 65g | New milk | Genuine | 10 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 66g | New milk | Added water 20 per cent | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Nov. 27 | „ „ | 67g | New milk | Added water 10 per cent. Deficient in butter-fat 12 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 68g | New milk | Water beyond the normal 5 per cent. | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ | „ „ | 69g | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 70g | * New milk | Added water 35 per cent | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 71g | Coffee | Genuine | 10 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 72g | Lard | Genuine | 10 | |||
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 25. THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.