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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 1892
[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. | Fines. | Costs. |
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| 1892. | |||||||
| Oct. 25 | Charles Henry Quelch | K 19 | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | K 20 | New milk | Added water 12 per cent. Butter fat, 3-33 per cent.; solids not fat, 7'45 per cen. | Not decomposed | ||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | K 21 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed.. | ||
| ,, ,, | K 22 | New milk | Added water 14 per cent. Butter fat, 3.81 per cent.; solids not fat, 7.22 per cent. ; water 88.97 per cent. | Not decomposed | |||
| Nov. 2 | ,, ,, | K 23 | New milk | Geneuine | Not decomposed | ||
| ,, ,, | K 24 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
| ,, ,, | K 25 | New milk | Added water 18 per cent. Butter fat, 402 per cent.; solids not fat, 6.86 per cent.; water 89.12 per cent. | Not decomposed | £1 | 12/6 | |
| ,, ,, | K 26 | New milk | Genuie | Not decomposed | |||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | K 27 | New milk | Genuine, of low quality | Not decomposed | ||
| ,, ,, | ,, ,, | K 28 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | ||
| ,, ,, | K 29 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat 35 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 15 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 50 per cent. | Not decomposed, a sample of margarine | |||
| ,, ,, | K 30 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 30 per cent. Water, salt, and curd, 17 per cent. Butter fat not exceeding 53 per cent. | Not decomposed, a sample of margarine | |||
| ,, ,, | K 31 | Butter | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
| ,, ,, | K 32 | Butter | Genuine | Noc decomposed | |||
| ,, ,, | K 33 | New milk | Genuine | Not decomposed | |||
| ,, ,, | K 34 | New milk | Added water 10 per cent. Butter fat 3.19 per cent. ; solids not fat, 7.69 per cent.; water 89-12 per cent. | Not decomposed | £3 | 2/ | |
| ,, ,, | K 35 | New milk | Added water 17 per cent. Butter fat 2-89 per cent.; solids not fat, 7.01 per cent.; water 9010 per cent. | Not decomposed | £3 | 2/ |