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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
St Pancras 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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| NO. of Sample. | Article. | Result of Analysis. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| 1916. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| A. 15 | Milk | Deficient in milk . 5.3 per cent. | 29th Feb. | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| A. 32 | Butter | Added water, 5.8 per cent. | 21st March | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 34 | „ | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 40 per cent. | 7th April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| C. 46 | Milk | Added water, 11.8 per cent.; also deficient in milk fat, 12.0 per cent. | 7th „ | Warranty successfully | defence pleaded. | ||||
| C. 57 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 82 per cent. | 14th „ | 0 12 6 | |||||
| A. 78 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 7.3 per cent. | 12th May | Warranty successfully | defence pleaded. | ||||
| A. 96 | „ | 17 ,, | 12th „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| C. 89 | Coffee | Chicory, 33 per cent. | 16th „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Milk | Added water, 16.4 per cent. | 19th „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| C. 92 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 80 per cent. | 19th „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 123 | „ | „ 82 | 20th June | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| A. 128 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 11.2 per cent. | 27th ,, | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| C. 145 | „ | „ 19.3 | 14th July | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 147 | Butter | Foreign fat. other than the fat of butter, 40 per cent. | 25th „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 163 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 30 per cent. | 11th August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| C. 181 | „ | Added water. 17.2 per cent. | 25th „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| C. 182 | Butter | Foreign fat; other than the fat of butter, 82 per cent. | 25th „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| C. 184 | „ | „ 78 | 25th „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 192 | Milk | Added water, 5.9 per cent. | 1st Sept. | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 209 | „ | „ 5.8 „ | 12th ,, | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 203 | Cocoa | Sugar, 35 per cent.; starch, 15 per cent. | 22nd ,, | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| C. 212 | Milk | Added water, 6'8 per cent. | 20th October | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 214 | „ | „ 6.3 „ | 22nd Sept. | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| C. 249 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 80 per cent. | 17th Nov. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| C. 261 | „ | ,, ,, ,, 50 ,, also added water, 16 per cent. | 24th „ | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| A. 293 | „ | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 88 per cent. .. | 16th Dec. | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| A. 337 | „ | „ „ „ 85 „ | 1917. 12th Jan. | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| A. 339 | Milk | Added water, 10.1 per cent. | 13th „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
Registration of Premises Wherein the Business of a Wholesale
Dealer in Margarine is Carried on.
On 22nd November and 20th December, 1916, the following premises, all
belonging to the same Company, were registered for this purpose under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts : —
214, Kentish Town Road,
22, Chapel Street, Somers Town, and
251, High Street, Camden Town.
Puklic Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912.
The following is a report of the work done under the regulations during
ihe year ended -51st December, 1916 : —
366 samples of milk ,md 2 of cream not sold as preserved cream were
taken, and in no case was a preservative reported to be present.
One sample of cream sold as preserved cream was taken, and was found
to be in order
No other contraventions of the regulations were discovered.