The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby.
- Willoughby, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1839 or 1840-1906.
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![divide it into three parts, securely sealing each part as its nature best allows, deliver one to the seller, retain one himself, and forward the third to the analyst. Sec. 15. If the seller decline the offer, the purchaser shall not divide it, but the analyst shall into two parts, causing one to be delivered to the purchaser, either then or after examination of the other, for production in case of prosecution. Sec. 16. If the analyst reside beyond two miles, the sample may be sent by post as a registered letter or parcel. Sec. 17. If any officer, inspector, or constable, asking for a reasonable quantity of any food or drug sold in the shop, tender the price thereof, the seller refusing to serve him shall be liable to a penalty <C £10. Sec. 18. The analyst's certificate shall be in the following form or to the like effect (Schedule). To [name of person submitting the article]. I, the undersigned, Public Analyst for the [County, Borough, &c. of . . . ], do hereby certify that I received on the . . day of . . . from [name of person delivering it, or the post d officer], a sample of [description of article] for analysis (which then weighed 1 . . . ), and have analyzed the same, and declare the result of my analysis to be as follows— I am of opinion that the same is a sample of genuine . . . or I am of opinion that the said sample contained the parts as under . . . or The percentages of foreign ingredients as under— Observations.2 As witness my hand, this . . day of . . . A. B. At [If the purchaser neglect any of the formalities prescribed in §§ 14, 15, especially the mention of the Public Analyst, the summons will be dismissed.] Sec. 19. Every public analyst shall send in to his authority 1 This may be omitted if inconvenient. 2 Here the analyst may insert at his discretion his opinion as to the purpose of the mixture, if presumably intentional, or if probably accidental or unavoidable, whether in excess of what is ordinary, and whether the materials are injurious to health or not. In the case of articles liable to decomposition, he shall specially state whether any change has taken place, and if so, how it would interfere with the analysis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20404116_0356.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
