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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
Hackney 1907
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907
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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the Year 1906.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 19 | Milk | 7.5% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 49 | Milk | 13 .06% added water | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 75 | Milk | 10.23% fatabstracted 9.77% added water | Fined | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 133 | Milk | 7.3% fat abstracted | Fined | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 144 | Butter | 38.4% foreign fat | Fined | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 205 | Olive Oil | 100% arachis and sesame oil | Fined | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 208 | Olive Oil | 100% cotton seed oil | Dismissed— (Notice given to purchaser) | ||||||
| 218 | Milk | 7.77% added water 2.23% fat abstracted | Fined | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 222 | Milk | 5.88% added water | Dismissed | ||||||
| 242 | Milk | 6.12% added water | Fined | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 230 | Butter | 5.5% excess of water | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 231 | Butter | 4.5% excess of water | Fined | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 243 | Milk | 10.71% added water | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 254 | Milk | 7.3% added water | Fined | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 258 | Milk | 8% fat abstracted | Withdrawn by order of Public Health C'mmittee | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 322 | Beef Sausages | 0.499% boric acid | Withdrawn by order of Public Health C'mmittee | ||||||
| 344 | Butter | 100% foreign fat | Fined | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Fined | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||