Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1899
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TABLE.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fined. | Costs. | Remarks. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| 3 | Milk | 25% added water | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 5 | Milk | 33% fat abstracted | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 21 | Milk | 8% added water | Fined | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 22 | Milk | 7% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 24 | Milk | 24% added water | Fined | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 30 | Milk | 11% fat abstracted | Fined | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 34 | Milk | 37% fat abstracted | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 36 | Milk | 10% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 44 | Milk | 22% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 45 | Milk | 10% added water | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 58 | Coffee | 90% chicory | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 80 | Milk | 8% added water | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 82 | Milk | 22% added water | Fined | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 82 | Milk | 10% fat abstracted | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 74 | S. Spirits of Nitre | 65% deficient of ethyl nitrite | Fined | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 85 | Milk | 20% added water | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 86 | Milk | 42% added water | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 88 | Milk | 10% added water | Fined | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| i 92 | Butter | 94% foreign fat | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 93 | Butter | 91% foreign fat | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 96 | Margarine | Exposed for sale unlabeled | Dismissed | Sample not analysed | ||||||
| 114 | Butter | 75% foreign fat | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 120 | Milk | 20% fat abstracted | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 127 | Milk | 38% fat abstracted | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |