Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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TABLE "D." Particulars or Adulterated Samples, other than Milk, and including Samples taken under the Margarine Acts.
Number. | Article. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Summons and other action taken. |
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796 | Vinegar | 15 per cent. deficiency in Acetic Acid | No fine. £1 1s. Costs. |
812 | Margarine | 100 per cent. of Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | Vendor cautioned. |
831 | Vinegar | 15 per cent. deficiency in Acetic Acid | Fined £10 and £5 5s. Costs. Sample taken in the course of delivery from wholesale firm that supplied retailer of Sample No. 796. |
851 | Golden Syrup | 86 per cent. of Glucose Syrup | Fined 1s. and £1 1s. Costs. |
856 | Margarine | 100 per cent. of Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | Vendor cautioned. |
894 | Malt Vinegar | Vinegar other than Malt | Dismissed. £1 1s. Costs. |
923 | Margarine | 100 per cent. Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | do. |
943 | Borax | 100 parts of Arsenic per million | do. |
948 | Raspberry Jam | 90 per cent. of other Jam | Vendor cautioned. |
958 | Golden Syrup | 90 per cent. of Glucose Syrup | Dismissed. £2 2s. Costs. |
967 | Margarine | 100 per cent. of Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | Dismissed. 10s. 6d. Costs. |
971 | Borax | 50 parts of Arsenic per million | Dismissed. £5 5s. Costs against Council. |
974 | Margarine | 100 per cent. of Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | Fined £1 and £1 1s. Costs. |
990 | Borax | 100 parts of Arsenic per million | Withdrawn. £3 3s. Costs against Council. |
995 | Margarine | 100 per cent. of Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | Fined £1 and £1 1s. Costs. |
1032 | Egg Self-raising Flour | Tinted with coloured potato starch. Contained no egg | Dismissed. £2 2s. Costs against Council. |
1056 | Margarine | 100 per cent. of Margarine. Article sold in an unstamped wrapper | Vendor cautioned. |
1061 | do. | do. | do. |
17 | do. | do. | Fined 10s. No Costs. |
52 | do. | do. | Defendant absconded. |
99 | Vinegar | 8 per cent. deficiency in Acetic Acid | Vendor cautioned. |