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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
Greenwich 1893
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1894
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During the year, the Sanitary Inspectors collected, and the Public Analyst analysed, 190 samples, consisting of the following articles :?
| Butter | 83 |
| Milk | 65 |
| Mustard | 10 |
| Pepper | 10 |
| Rum | 6 |
| Gin | 5 |
| Coffee | 4 |
| Vinegar | 2 |
| Liquorice Powder | 2 |
| Lard | 1 |
| Oatmeal | 1 |
| Sweets | 1 |
| 190 |
Proceedings were taken with respect to twenty-one samples of
Butter, certified to be admixed with foreign fat, not butter, and
fines were inflicted, amounting in the whole to £39 10s. Proceedings
were also taken against a person for unlawfully exposing for
sale by retail, a parcel of Margarine, without there being attached
to such parcel a label bearing the word " Margarine," and he was
fined 5s.
Proceedings were also taken with regard to nine samples of
milk, certified to be adulterated, and penalties were imposed,
amounting together to £32 15s.