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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 1889
[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. | ||||||
| May 14 | J. W. Lear | 1h | Mustard | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | 2h | Mustard | Genuine | |||||
| „ „ | 3h | Mustard | Genuine | |||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 4h | Mustard | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 5h | Black pepper | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 6h | Whitepepper | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 7h | Whitepeper | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 8h | Milk | Added water 20 per cent | Not decomposed | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 9h | Milk | Genuine, of low quality | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 10h | Milk | Added water 15 per cent | Not decomposed | |||
| „ „ | „ „ | 11h | Milk | Added water 20 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 12h | Milk | Added water 11 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 18h | Milk | Added water 30 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 14h | Coffee | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 15h | Coffee | Chicory, 40 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 1(5h | Coffee | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 17h | Butter | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 18h | Butter | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 19h | Butter | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 20h | Butter | Genuine | ||||
| May 23 | „ „ | 21h | New milk | Genuine | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 22h | New milk | Added water 20 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 23h | New milk | Added water 25 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 24h | New milk | Water beyond normal 5 per cent | ||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 25h | New milk | Genuine | ||||
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Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter,'25. THOS. STEVENSON, Analyst.
REPORTS OF THE ANALYST.
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