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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Summonses—Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts—Adulteration.
| No. of Sample, | Article. | Result of Analysis | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| 1914. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| O. 10 | Milk | Added water, 10.4 per cent. | 26th February | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| O. 16 | „ | „ 16.7 „ | 6th March | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 10 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 69 per cent. | 6th „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 21 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 12-0 per cent. | 20th „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 34 | „ | Added water, 16.8 per cent. | 3rd April | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 50 | „ | „ 36 „ | 17th „ | 10 | 0 | 0 | (Or in default of Payment two months' imprisonment ment) | ||
| C. 48 | ,, | Deficient in milk fat, 7.6 per cent. | 21st ,, | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| c. 94 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 81 per cent. | 22nd May | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 96 | Milk | Added water, 8.4 per cent. | 29th „ | Summons dis missed without costs (Milk poor from natural causes) | |||||
| 0. 90 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 38 per cent. | 24th June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 126 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 9.6 per cent. | 24th „ | Summons dis missed without costs (Milk poor from natural causes) | |||||
| A. 30 | „ | „ 86 „ | 10th July | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 0. 135 | „ | „ 12.3 „ | 31st „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 155 | „ | „ 7.0 „ | 21st August | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| A. 57 | „ | Added water, 121 per cent. | 10th Sept. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| O. 183 | „ | Deficient in milk fat, 6.6 per cent. | 15th „ | Warranty defence successfully pleaded. | |||||
| C. 183 | „ | Added water. 17.1 per cent. | 9th October | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| C. 180 | „ | Deficient in milk fat, 8.0 per cent. | 9th „ | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| C. 187 | „ | Added water, 8.1 per cent. | 16th ,, | Warranty defence successfully pleaded. | |||||
| C. 186 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 82 per cent. | 16th „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| O. 196 | „ | „ 86 „ | 16th „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| O. 224 | „ | „ 84 „ | 6th Nov. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| A. 60 | Milk 1 | Added water, 71 per cent. | 27th „ | W arranty defence successfully pleaded. | |||||
| C. 233 | Butter | Foreign fat. other than the fat of butter, 83 per cent. | 4th Dec. | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C. 238 | „ | „ „ „ 84 „ | 4th ,, 1915. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| O. 276 | Milk | Selling milk from vehicle on which the name and address of seller was not visible | 1st January | Summons wit hdrawn owing to decease of complainant | |||||
| O. 276 | Refusing to sell milk to duly authorised officer of the Borough Council | 1st ,, | ditto | ||||||
| C. 271 | Margerine | Containing more than 10 per cent. of butter fat | 1st „ | Summons dismissed insufficient evidence | |||||
| C. 271 | „ | „ „ „ | 1st | ditto | |||||
| C. 272 | „ | Exposing for sale margarine without a label attached clearly visible marked " Margarine " | 1st | ditto | |||||
| C. 272 | „ | ,, M ,, | 1st | ditto | |||||
| C. 285 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 6.6 per cent. | 26th Feb. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. 320 | Butter | Foreign fat, other than the fat of butter, 82 per cent. | 12th „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |