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Lambeth 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Summonses, 1907—continued.

Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Summonses, 1907—continued.

Offence.Penalty.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
Brought forward811503886
Re selling Milk deficient in Milk Fat to the extent of 12 per cent, [sample 923]......
Re selling Milk deficient in Milk Fat to the extent of 12 per cent, [sample 922]......
Three summonses dismissed on legal technicalities, the samples not being taken at time of delivery by the guard, but afterwards (25 minutes)......
On 28th August, nine summonses were heard before Mr. Hopkins, at Lambeth Police Court, re selling Milk deficient in Milk Fat to the extent of 20 per cent, [sample 952]01000126
Re selling Beeswax containing Paraffin Wax 30 parts [sample 1,027]...0126
Re selling Butter containing Margarine (not butter) 95 parts [sample 1,009]3000126
Re selling Milk containing extraneous water to the extent of 18 per cent, [sample 1,008]3000126
Re selling Milk deficient in Milk Fat to the extent of 10 per cent, [sample 1,024]0500126
Re selling Milk deficient in Milk Fat to the extent of 9 per cent, [sample 1,012]050012fc
Re selling Milk containing added water to the extent of 11 per cent, [sample 1,022]3000126
Re selling Butter containing Margarine (not butter) 20 per cent, [sample 1,053]1000126
Re selling Butter containing Margarine (not butter) 20 per cent, [sample 1,050]1000126
On 25th September, two summonses were heard before Mr. Curtis Bennett, at Lambeth Police Court, re Gregory Powder containing Magnesium Carbonate, instead of Magnesium Oxide, 67 parts [sample 1,098]01000126
Re selling Milk deficient in Milk Fat to the extent of 12 per cent, [sample 1,108].
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