Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | Besult of Analysis specifying the nature and kind of foreign ingredients detected in such article (if any). | Observations. | Fines. | Costs. | |
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Feb. 20 | A. W. Stiles | J 62 | Ale | An excess of chlorides equal to 82 grains of common salt per gallon .. | Beer ought not to contain as a maximum chlorides equal to more than 50 grains per gallon; hence there is in this ale an excess of at least 32 grains per gallon. | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | • | J 63 | Ale | Genuine | Strength 8¾ percent. proof spirit | ||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 64 | Ale | Genuine | Strength 9 per cent. proof spirit | |||
,, ,, | J 65 | Ale | Genuine | Strength 10½percent. proof spirit | ||||
Mar 3 | ,, ,, | Nfiw milk | Not decomposed | |||||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 67 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 68 | New milk | Added water 10 per cent | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 69 | New milk | ,, 8 per cent | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 70 | New milk | Deficient in butter fat 20 per cent. | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 71 | New milk | Added water 10 per cent. | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 72 | New milk | ,, 20 per cent. | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 73 | New milk | Genuine, of low quality. | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 74. | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 75 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 75 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 13 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 12 per cent. | Not decomposed, a sample of margarim | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J76 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 77 | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||||
May 18 | ,, ,, | J 78 | New milk | Deficient in butter fat 25 per cent. | Not decomposed . | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J79 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
,, ,, | ,, ,, | J 80 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed |