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Hackney 1899

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1899

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TABLE.

Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the year1899.

No. of Sample.Article.Adulteration or Offence.Result of Legal Proceedings.Fined.Costs.Remarks.
£s.d.£s.d.
3Milk25% added waterFined2000126
5Milk33% fat abstractedFined1000126
21Milk8% added waterFined0260126
22Milk7% added waterFined01000126
24Milk24% added waterFined11000126
30Milk11% fat abstractedFined0500126
34Milk37% fat abstractedFined1000126
36Milk10% added waterFined01000126
44Milk22% added waterFined01000126
45Milk10% added waterFined5000126
58Coffee90% chicoryFined0100020
80Milk8% added waterFined5000126
82Milk22% added waterFined3000126
82Milk10% fat abstractedFined01000126
74S. Spirits of Nitre65% deficient of ethyl nitriteFined1000220
85Milk20% added waterFined500
86Milk42% added waterFined2000126
88Milk10% added waterFined2100
i 92Butter94% foreign fatFined2000126
93Butter91% foreign fatFined5000126
96MargarineExposed for sale unlabeledDismissedSample not analysed
114Butter75% foreign fatFined2000126
120Milk20% fat abstractedFined1000126
127Milk38% fat abstractedFined5000126