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Hackney 1900

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900

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Table.

Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the year 1900.

No. of Sample.Article.Adulteration or Offence.Result of Legal Proc edings.Fined.Costs.Remarks.
£s.d.£s.d.
5Butter14% foreign fatFined100126
8Milk6% added waterFined50Towards costs
11Milk6% added waterFined50Towards costs
16Milk16% added waterFined100126
44Milk7% added waterFined26126
45Milk8% added waterFined50126
68Butter80% foreign fatFined200126
73Butter90% foreign fatDismissed, wrong person summoned
83Butter8% foreign fatFined100126
88Butter88% foreign fatFined200126
95Milk10% added waterFined200126
101Milk7% added waterFined100126
106Milk11% added waterFined100126
114Butter91% foreign fatFined500126
75Butter84% foreign fatFined100126
121Cocoa70% added starch and sugarFined10126
132Butter94% foreign fatFined2100126
133Butter95% foreign fatFined50126
136Milk15% added waterFined100126
138Milk7% added waterFined109126
140Milk8% added waterDismissed
154Milk78% added waterFined100126
166Milk65% fat abstractedFined200126
168Milk59% foreign fatFined100126