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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
Battersea 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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Legal Proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts
| No. of Sample. | Date Heard. | Before whom. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 899 | Apr. 8 | Mr. Curtis Bennett | F. P. C., Green Meadow Farm, Lympsham, Weston-super-Mare | The like—containing 6 per cent, of extraneous water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs in each case. |
| 894 | „ | „ | Do. | The like—containing 7.5 per cent, of extraneous water and 10.5 per cent, deficient in fat The like containinging 8.5 per cent, of extraneous water and 9.5 per cent, deficient in fat | |
| 893 | „ | „ | Do. | ||
| 961 | Apr. 22 | „ | G.P.S.,Sarisberie, West Clandon, Guildford | Selling milk from which 12.6 per cent.of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure. (Sample taken in course of delivery) | Fined £1 10s. and 18s. 6d. costs |
| 953 | „ | „ | W. J., 46 St. Andrews Street, Battersea, S.W. | Selling margarine in a plain wrapper | Fined 10s. and 12s.6d. costs |
| 955 | „ | „ | W. G.,40 Stewarts Road, Battersea, S.W. | Selling butter containing 76.5 per cent, of foreign fat | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 954 | „ | „ | T.W., 25 Gonsalva Road, Battersea, S.W. | Selling butter containing 33 per cent.of foreign fat | T. W. fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs, and C. D. ordered to pay 2s. costs |
| — | „ | „ | C. D. (same address) | ||
| 940 | Apr. 22 & May20 | Mr. Garrett | W. H., 132 North-cote Road, Battersea, S.W. | Selling butter containing excess of water | W. H. fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs, and on his taking responsibility, summons against G. F. P. withdrawn |
| — | „ | „ | G. F. P. (same address) |