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St Pancras 1894

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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Summonses—Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,con.

No.Nature of Article as Purchased.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings.
Penalty.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
30MilkAdded water, 10 per cent.0100020
31ButterForeign 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.0150020
32MilkDeficient in Putter Fat, 40 per cent.1000126
33ButterForeign 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.1000126
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.2000126
35MilkAdded 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 Summons withdrawn.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.
36CoffeeChicory, 25 per cent.0100020
37Chicory, 70 per cent.100020
38MilkAdded Water, 21 per cent.01000126
39,,Added Water, 9 per cent.080020
40CoffeeChicory. 35 per cent.0150020
41MilkAdded Water, 9 per cent.100020
42CoffeeChicory, 30 per cent.0100126
43,,Chicory, 35 per cent.0100126
44CocoaStarchy Farina, 30 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent, Cocoa, 35 per cent.01000126
45LardWater, 144 per cent.0300126
46CocoaStarchy 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.500020
48,,Starchy Farina, 25 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa, 40 per cent.01060126
49ButterForeign 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.1000126
50CocoaStarchy Farina, 25 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa. 40 per cent.1000126
51,,Starchy Farina, 20 per cent., Sugar, 35 per cent., Cocoa, 45 per cent.11000136
52RumWater over and above that contained in Rum, 10½ per cent.1000126
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.1000126
55,,Water over and above that contained in 25 per cent. under-proof Rum, 8 per cent.1000126