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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Analyst's Report for Quarter ending 24th day of June, 1891.
| Date of receipt by Analyst of the Article to be Analysed. | Name of Person from whom the Article was received. | Number marked of 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 21 | F. C. Knight, 24, Wolseley road, Forest Gate, E. | xu | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 40 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 11 percent. Butter fat not exceeding 49 percent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| paid | ||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | XT | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 10 percent. Butter fat not exceeding 10 percent. | Not decomposed | 10 | 6 | |
| paid | ||||||||
| „ „ | „ „ | 20 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| paid | ||||||||
| June 1 | A. W. Stiles | I 82 | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | Sour and partially churned when received, but not materially interfering with the analysis | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| June 4 | „ „ | I 83 | New milk | Added water 12 percent., deficient in butter fat 25 percent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 84 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 58 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 86 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 65 percent. Water, salt, and curd, 13 percent. Butter fat not exceeding 22 percent. | Not decomposed A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 87 | New milk | Added water 6 percent., deficient in butter fat 20 percent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 88 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 89 | New milk | Deficient in butter fat 15 percent. | Not decomposed | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| „ „ | „ „ | I 90 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 85 percent. Water, salt, and curd, 12½ percent. Butter fat not exceeding 2½ percent. | A sample of margarine | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carried forward £ | 4 | 10 | ||||||