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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
Southwark 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938— LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
| Sample No. | Cause of proceedings. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| 558 | Selling Pork Sausage Meat 38.5 per cent, deficient in meat. | Fined £2 and £1 1s. 0d. costs. |
| 717 | Selling Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine B.P. 1932 60 per cent, deficient in ammonia. | Fined £4 and £1 1s. 0d. costs. |
| 141 | Selling Pork Sausages 15 per cent, deficient in meat. | Fined £2 10s. 0d. and £3 3s. Od. costs. |
| 150 | Selling Gin 40 per cent, under proof. | Fined £10 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 177 | Selling milk with 10 per cent, fat abstracted. | Fined £4 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 180 | Selling milk with 6 per cent, fat abstracted. | Fined £4 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 330 | Selling pepper containing 75 per cent, wheat flour. | Fined £9 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 366 | Selling pepper containing 20 per cent, maize starch. | Fined £7 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 412 | Selling pepper containing 10 per cent, of foreign matter consisting mainly ground ginger. | Fined £2 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 310 | Selling Table Jelly which did not comply with the "Setting test" prescribed by the Table Jelly Order 1949. | Fined £1 and £5 5s. 0d. costs. |
Six cautionary letters were sent in respect of other non-genuine samples.