Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London
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No. | Nature of Article as Purchased. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
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Penalty. | Costs. | |||||||
s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
30 | Milk | Added water, 10 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
31 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 65 per cent., Water, Curd, and Salt, 12 per cent , Butter Fat not exceeding 23 per cent. | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
32 | Milk | Deficient in Putter Fat, 40 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
33 | Butter | Foreign Fata, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 45 per cent., Water, Curd. and Salt, 15 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 40 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
34 | ,, | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 75 per cent., Water, Curd, and Salt. 12 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 13 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
35 | Milk | Added water, 10 per cent. | Adjourned until June 15th, 1891, sample to be sent to Somerset House for analysis. Summons withdrawn. Cork in bottle while in Magistrates Clerk's possession blown out of bottle. | |||||
36 | Coffee | Chicory, 25 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
37 | Chicory, 70 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
38 | Milk | Added Water, 21 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
39 | ,, | Added Water, 9 per cent. | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
40 | Coffee | Chicory. 35 per cent. | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
41 | Milk | Added Water, 9 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
42 | Coffee | Chicory, 30 per cent. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
43 | ,, | Chicory, 35 per cent. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
Cocoa | Starchy Farina, 30 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent, Cocoa, 35 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
45 | Lard | Water, 144 per cent. | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
46 | Cocoa | Starchy Farina, 30 per cent, Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa, 35 per cent. | Summons dismissed on the admission of the assistant that before article was served she was told it was not cocoa but chocolate powder. | |||||
47 | ,, | Starchy Farina, 20 per cent, Sugar, 30 per cent., Cocoa. 50 per cent. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
48 | ,, | Starchy Farina, 25 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa, 40 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
49 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 80 per cent., Water, Salt, and Curd, 19 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 1 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
50 | Cocoa | Starchy Farina, 25 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa. 40 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
51 | Starchy Farina, 20 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa, 45 per cent. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
52 | Rum | Water over and above that contained in Rum, 10½ per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
53 | ,, | Water over and above that contained in 25 per cent. under proof, 7½ per cent. | Summons dismissed. Defendant proved that notices were posted all over bar notifying that all Spirits were dilated with water. | |||||
54 | ,, | Water over and above that contained in 25 per cent. under-proof Rum, 7½ per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
55 | ,, | Water over and above that contained in 25 per cent. under-proof Rum, 8 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |