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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201 | Sept. 27, Oct. 11, and Nov. 8 | Mr. Garrett | F. J., 3 Culvert Road | Selling milk from which 5 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d costs. Third sample at defendant's request sent to Government Analysts who certified 14 per cent. devoid of fat |
403 | „ 22 | „ „ | A. D, 45 Patmore Street | Selling coffee containing 60 per cent. of vegetable matter other than coffee and having the characters of chicory | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
419 | Dec. 6 | „ „ | M. J., 127 Lavender Hill | Selling butter containing 83 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs |
411 | „ | „ „ | A. L., 15 Sleaford Street | Selling milk containing 17 per cent. of extraneous water | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d costs |
433 | „ | „ „ | D. E., 16 Shellwood Road | Selling milk from which 37 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
No. of Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
368 | Nov. 22 and Dec. 22 | Mr. Kennedy | S. A., 63 Surrey Lane | Selling milk from which 17 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure | Summons dismissed. Third sample in this case was sent to the Government Analysts who certified deficiency in fat to the extent of 32 per cent. while the defendant's Analyst certified that the sample was genuine milk. The Magistrate having regard to these facts, stated that it was too doubtful a case to justify him in convicting defendant and therefore dismissed the summons, but without costs |
181 | Aug. 4, Sept. 27 and Dec. 20 | „ „ | W. B. (trading as W. B. & Co.), 43 Simpson Street | Selling milk containing 0.00875 per cent. of Boron Trioxde | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs |
457 | Dec. 20 | „ „ | G. B., Jun., 22 Henley Street | Selling milk containing 22 per cent. of extraneous water and 10 per cent. devoid of fat | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs |