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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 1909

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909

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Table: Legal Proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts (continued).

Legal Proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts (continued).

Number of Sample.Article.Nature of Offence or Adulteration, &c.Result of Proceedings.
30Milk8 per cent. added waterFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
74„36 per cent. of fat abstractedFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
80„15 per cent. of fat abstractedFined £2 and 13s. 6d. costs.
138„5 per cent. of fat abstractedOrdered to pay 14s. 6d. costs.
39„5•5 per cent. added waterDismissed (warranty).
150Sausages19•83 grains per lb. boric acidFined £4 and 14s. 6d. costs.
161Milk8•5 per cent. added waterFined £1 5s. and 14s. 6d. costs.
186„6 „ „ „Withdrawn (warranty).
164„7 „ „ „Ordered to pay £1 1s. costs.
207„52•6 per cent, of fat abstractedFined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs.
238„10 per cent. of fat abstractedWithdrawn (warranty).
212„7 per cent. of fat. abstractedFined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
209„6•6 per cent. of fat abstractedFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
196Butter52 per cent. foreign fatFined £4 and 14s. 6d. costs.
281„76•5 „ „ „Fined £1 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs
269Milk2•266 grains per pint boric acidFined 1s. and 14s. 6d. costs.
—„Giving false warrantyDismissed.
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340Skimmed milk17•3 per cent. added waterFined £5 and 14s. 6d. costs.
386Milk12 „ „ „Withdrawn, bottle burst
387„10 per cent. added water and 10 per cent. devoid of fatFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
359„4 per cent. added waterDismissed (warranty).
339„11•5 „ „ „Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
428„9 „ „ „Fined £1 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs.
418Coffee65 per cent. chicoryFined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs
473Milk8 per cent. added waterFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
491Butter30 per cent. foreign fat and selling margarine in a plain wrapperFined £5 and 18s. 6d. costs.
528MargarineContaining more than 10 per cent. of butter fatFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
539Coffee50 per cent. chicoryFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
553Butter73•7 per cent. foreign fat, and selling margarine in a plain wrapperFined £1 and 18s. 6d. costs.
451Milk7 per cent. added waterFined £5 and £3 10s. 3d. costs.
627„7 „ „ „Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
609Separated milk14•2 per cent. extraneous water, and less than 9 per cent. of milk solidsWarrant granted on information.