[Report 1888] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough.

  • Leicester (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1888
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Credit: [Report 1888] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Borough Analyst’s Laboratory, Town Hall, Leicester, March, 1889. To the Sanitary Committee. Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of submitting to you my report as Public Analyst to the Borough, upon the various articles submitted to me for analysis during the year 1888. The number of samples, together with the adulterations, &c., are tabulated in Table I. TABLE I. Articles of Food, &c., analyzed under the provisions of the ‘1 Sale of Food and Drugs Act ” during the year 1888. Number Number N umber Commodity of of of Analyzed. Samples Genuine Adultera- Remarks. obtained. Samples. tions. f Four prosecutions : fines, I 10/-, 30/-, 30 and 20 and Milk . 94 OO Lm 9 J costs were inflicted. In five ) cases the offenders were | brought before the Sanitary L Committee and cautioned. Bread . 12 12 0 Beer. 6 6 0 Butter. 17 ■5 2 t Two prosecutions : fined i 20/- and to/- with costs. Coffee. 6 5 I ( One prosecution : fined i to/- and costs. Vinegar .... Lard . 6 G 6 10 0 Three prosecutions, of 1 which one was withdrawn. j One was fined 20 - and costs, V and one ^10. t Two offenders brought Spirits. 6 4 2 ' before the Sanitary Committee ( and cautioned. Ice Cream .. 2 2 O