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Clerkenwell 1900

Report on the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of Clerkenwell [West Division, Borough of Finsbury] for the year 1900

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.)—Continued. Diseased and Unsound Food- Continued. INSPECTOR GREEN.

Date.Name.Address of Premises.Offence.Result.
1900Amount of InspectorGreen's fines and costs, forward£56 5 0
Oct, 23rdA. E. Jackson28, Chapel StreetExposing for sale on a stall outside 28, Chapel Street, 21 pieces of unwholesome rabbit weighing about 4½ lbs.Fined £15 and 2s. costs.
Nov. 20thRichard Swift3, 5 & 5a, Liverpool RoadExposing for sale at 5a, Liverpool Road, 14 pomegranates and 3 bananas in an unsound and unwholesome condition.Fined £2 and 2s. costs.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Jan. 9thThe Sudbury Dairy Co., Ltd.172, Wardour Street, W.Selling milk from which had been abstracted 8 per cent, of its natural cream or fat.Ordered to pay £1 16s. costs.
do.Mr. Wm. Davies104, Goswell RoadSelling milk adulterated with 11.1 per cent. of added water.Fined £2 and l2s.6d. costs.
do.Mrs. E. Adcock1, Malta StreetSelling milk adulterated with 11.7 per cent. of added water.Fined 10s. 6d. and 2s costs.
April 10thA. A Riddle32, Allen StreetSelling whisky adulterated with water reducing same to 31.66 degrees under proof.Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
May 1stCallow Park Dairy Co.79, Copenhagen StreetSelling milk from which 10 per cent. of the fat had been abstracted.Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
do.Henry Dawe5, Weston StreetSelling milk adulterated with 9.1 per cent. of added water.Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
do.Mrs. H. Stow1a, Weston StreetSelling margarine in a wrapper not so labelled.Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs.
July 17thWm. Evans131, Graham Street, E. C.Selling milk adulterated with 44.0 per cent. of added water.Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
July 17thE. Owen43, Red Lion StreetSelling milk adulterated with 17.6 per cent. of added waterSummons withdrawn. Reserve bottle having burst.
do.Mrs. Jane Heaps6, Berkley StreetSelling milk adulterated with 7.0 per cent. of added water.Fined 10s. 6d. and 2s. costs.
do.Rees Jones1, George Street, N.Selling milk adulterated with 14.8 per cent, of added water.Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
Aug. 21stG. S.[Daunton1, Guildford Street, W.C.Selling milk from which 16.6 per cent. of the fat had been abstracted.Withdrawn. Warranty produced.
Oct. 23rdJames Weir9, Aylesbury StreetSelling sugar; white crystals coloured with an organic dyeOrdered to pay 12s. 6d. costs.
do.William Jenkins6, Aylesbury StreetSelling margarine in a wrapper not so labelled.Fined £1 and 2s. costs.
dodo.do.Exposing margarine for sale not so labelled.Fined £1 and 2s. costs.
Total amount of InspectorGreen's fines and costs£92 14s. 0d.