Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department
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Guard, or in a locked-up van, until arrival at the receiving station, where the
milk is met by the Consignees, and they have no reason to believe the milk is
tampered with whilst on the premises.
The Metropolitan Railway Company replied on the 18th January, 1898, explaining
that the Company imposes no rule as to the form or method of fastening
milk churns conveyed over this Railway, the Owner acting entirely in his discretion
in the matter, and this answers question No. 1, on which Nos. 2 and 3 are dependent.
SUMMONSES—Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
No. | Nature of Article as Purchased. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalty. | Costs. | |||||||
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
60 | Milk | Added water 10 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
851 | .. | .. | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
450 | Deficient in butter fat 15 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
339 | Added water 6½ per cent. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
341 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
742 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
21 | „ 9„ | Summons withdrawn, the Farmer haying been convicted. | 1 | 13 | 6 | |||
22 | Water beyond the normal, 30 per cent.; deficient in butter fat 14 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
*62 | Added water 10 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
*63 | „ 11 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
*160 | Deficient in butter fat 20 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | a | |
*578 | Added water 7 per cent. | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | |||
168 | „ 21 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
73 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
583 | Milk | Added water 26 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
586 | ,, 22 ,, | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
587 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
588 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 80 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | & | |
858 | Milk | Added water 15 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
859 | Butter | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 75 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
352 | Foreign fats, i.e., fats other than butter fat, 90 per cent. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
353 | Milk | Added water 16 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
*590 | „ 8 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
*185 | ,, 9 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
*These samples were procured at the Railway Termini, in the course of delivery
to the Consignees.