Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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No. OF Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Natucre of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
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9 | May 27 | Mr. Rose | H. B., 323 York Road | Selling butter containing 84 per cent, foreign fat | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs |
499 | „ | „ „ ... | M. J., 127 Lavender Hill | Selling milk containing 18 per cent, extraneous water | Summons withdrawn, the seller was fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs or, in default, 21 days |
24 | June 10 | „ „ ... | T. P., 12 St. Philip Street | Selling dyed sugar crystals as Demerara sugar | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs |
23 | „ | „ „ ... | F. W., 12 Austin Road | Selling dyed sugar crystals as Demerara sugar | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
22 | „ | „ „ ... | F. W., 12 Austin Road | Selling as coffee, a mixture containing 47 per cent, chicory | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
19 | „ | „ „ ... | M. E. F., 28 Crichton Street ... | Selling butter containing 82 per cent, foreign fat | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs |
13 | „ | „ „ ... | C. C., 184 High Road, Balham ... | Selling milk from which 10 per cent, of its fat had been abstracted | The third portion of the sample was forwarded to the Government Analyst for examination, and he having reported that the bottle had burst, and that a portion of the contents was lost, the summons was withdrawn. |