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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
Deptford 1907
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1907
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Particulars of Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and the Margarine Acts.
| Sample. | Fine. | Costs. | Totals. | Remarks. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| Butter 11O | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 6 | |
| „ 24P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| „ 33O | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| „ 37S | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| „ 25O | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |
| „ 37P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| „ 49S | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| „ 39S | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| „ 61O | .. | .. | .. | Proceedings pending | ||||||
| Coffee 8S | .. | .. | .. | Summons withdrawn | ||||||
| „ 5SY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| „ 3SY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| „ 12T | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |
| Margarine sold unlabelled 2T | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Milk 25SY | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |
| „ 40O | .. | .. | .. | Warranty proved, summons dismissed | ||||||
| „ 57S | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| „ 52P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pepper 32S | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | or 6 weeks' imprisonment. |
| Totals | £68 | 18 | 6 | £18 | 12 | 6 | £87 | 11 | 0 | |
£ s. d.
Amount recovered in Fines and Costs 87 11 0
Total cost of purchase of samples, agents' fees, cost
of summons, &c. 33 5 10
£54 5 2
REVENUE ACT, 1903.
In 1890 Parliament passed the Customs and Inland Revenue
Act (33 Vict., Cap. 8), in which (Section 26, 2) they granted exemption
from inhabited house duty for houses used solely for providing