Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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APPENDIX No.1. (i ) Legal Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts.
Numberof Sample. | Article. | Nature of Offence or Adulteration, &c. | Result of Proceedings. |
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602 | Milk | 7 per cent. added water | Dismissed (warranty). |
674 | Butter | 66 per cent. foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper | Ordered to pay 14s. 6d. costs. |
646 | „ | 67 per cent. foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper | Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
645 | „ | Exposing margarine for sale as butter | Withdrawn. |
246 | Separated milk | 10 per cent. extraneous water, and less than 9 per cent. of milk solids | Fined £3 and 12s 6d. costs, or 5 weeks in default. |
— | Milk | Giving false warranty | Dismissed. |
702 | Separated milk | 12 per cent. extraneous water, and less than 9 per cent of milk solids | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs; or, in default of distress, 14 days. |
526 | Sausages | 24•794 grains per lb. boric acid | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs, or, in default of distress, 21 days. |
544 | Milk | 7 per cent. added water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
740 | „ | 28•48 grains per gallon boric acid | Dismissed, but actual seller ordered to pay 3s. 6d. costs. |
736 | Butter | 82 per cent. foreign fat, and selling margarine in a plain wrapper | Fined £2 and 18s. 6d. costs. |
— | - | Giving false warranty | Fined £1 and 2s. costs. |
793 | Milk | 11 per cent. of fat abstracted. | Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
809 | »» | 13 per cent. added water | Fined £4 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
836 | 13•3 per cent added water | Fined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs. | |
884 | 3•4 per cent. added water, and 10•6 per cent. devoid of fat | Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs. | |
852 | 8 per cent. added water | Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs. | |
943 | „ | 9 per cent. added water | Fined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs |
910 | 5•6 per cent. added water | Withdrawn. | |
931 | 6•8 per cent. added water | Withdrawn. | |
993 | 11 per cent. of fat abstracted | Fined £2 and 23s. costs. | |
967 | 9•3 per cent. added water | Fined £1 and 23s. costs. | |
991 | „ | 7•5 per cent. added water | Fined £1 and 23s. costs. |
777 | „ | 10 per cent. added water | Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
992 | Milk | 15 per cent. added water | Fined 30s. and 14s. 6d. costs in default 7 days. |
30 | - | 10•5 per cent. added water | Fined 30s. and 14s. 6d. costs in default 7 days. |
28 | „ | 12•5 per cent. added water | Fined 30s. and 14s. 6d. costs in default 7 days. |