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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. | ||||||
| Feb. 28 | J. "W. Lear | 73g | Mustard | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 74g | Mustard | Wheaten flour 30 per cent. and a minute quantity of turmeric | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | 75g | Mustard | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 76g | Black pepper | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 77g | Black pepper | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 78g | Coffee | Genuine | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 79g | Coffee | Chicory 40 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 80g | New milk | Added water 12 per cent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 81g | New milk | Added water 8 per cent. Deficient in butter-fat 25 per cent. | ,. ,, Not a genuine whole milk | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 82g | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 83g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 84g | New milk | Deficient in butter-fat 10 per cent | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 85g | New milk | Added water 12 per cent | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 86g | New milk | Deficient in butter-fat 10 per cent. | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mar. 5 | „ „ | 87g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 88g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 89g | Butter | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | Lard | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | Lard | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 92g | New milk | Added water 27 per cent. Deficient in butter-fat 30 per cent. | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 93g | New milk | Deficient in butter-fat 5 per cent. | „ „ | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | 94g | New milk | Water beyond the normal 6 per cent. | „ „ | 0 | 10 | |
| „ „ | „ „ | 95g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 10 | 0 | |
| „ „ | „ „„ „ | 96g | New milk | Genuine | „ „ | 0 | 0 | |
| £12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 24. THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.