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 1905
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Legal Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts—(continued).
No. of Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
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12 | May 10 | Mr. de Grey | C. S., 301 York Road | Selling milk containing 8 per cent, of added water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
5 | „ | „ „ | S. W., 78 High Street | Selling milk from which 16 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
676 | „ | „ „ | F. J. C., 121 Wirtemberg Street, Clapham | Selling milk from which 10 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
677 | „ | „ „ | J. J. L., 131 St. Philip Street | Selling milk from which 24 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
23 | „ 24 | Mr. Garrett | W. C. & Sons, 56 Bridge Road West | Selling machine skimmed milk adulterated with 0.0025 per cent. of Formaldehyde | Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs |
15 | „ | „ „ | H. E. B., 245 Lavender Hill | Selling milk from which 7 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
16 | „ | „ „ | H. E. B., as above | Selling milk from which 7 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
No. of Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
40 | May 24 | Mr. Garrett | H. E. B., 245 Lavender Hill | Selling milk from which 2.3 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
41 | „ | „ „ | H. E. B., as above | Selling milk from which 3.3 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
30 | June 7 | „ „ | J. C. P., Croxdale, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucester | Selling milk containing 7 per cent. of extraneous water. (Sample taken in course of delivery) | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
27 | „ | „ „ | H. C., Byde Mill Farm, Hanning-ton, Highworth, Wilts | Selling milk containing 5 per cent. of extraneous water. (Sample taken in course of delivery) | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
17 | „ | „ „ | Messrs. G. & Sons, 7 Northcote Road | Selling milk containing 6 per cent. of extraneous water | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
20 | „ | „ „ | W. C. (trading as W. C. & Sons), 56 Bridge Road West | Selling milk from which 12 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted | Fined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs. Defendant set up warranty defence which failed |
25 | „ | „ „ | N. L., Witcombe, Martock, Somerset | Selling milk from which 30 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. (Sample taken in course of delivery) | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d costs. |