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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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Summonses—Sale of Food and Drugs (and Margarine) Acts—continued.
| Offence. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| 58 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 6 | |
| Re selling Milk containing added water 5 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Exposing a parcel of Margarine by retail without having a label attached and marked in capital letters 1½ in., "Margarine." | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Re exposing a parcel of Margarine by retail without having a label attached and marked in capital letters 1½ in., "Margarine." | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Re selling Butter containing Margarine (not Butter) 95 per cent. | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Re exposing a parcel of Margarine by retail without having a label attached and marked in capital letters 1½ in., "Margarine." | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| On January 28th, l904, summonses were heard before Mr. Hopkins at the Lambeth Police Court re selling milk from which the Cream had been abstracted to the extent of 10 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Be selling Milk from which the Cream had been abstracted to the extent of 14 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Be exposing a parcel of Margarine by retail without having a label attached and marked in capital letters 1½ in., "Margarine." | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Re selling Butter containing Margarine (not Butter) 84 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 71 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 17 | 0 |