London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Pancras 1896
Forty-first 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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It will be convenient for reference to enumerate the articles usually sampled
under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, they are:—milk and butter; coffee,
pepper, and mustard; bread, sugar, confectionery and jam; lard, arrowroot,
olive oil, vinegar, lime juice, and cocoa; ginger, oatmeal, cheese, yeast, and
preserved peas; sulphur (milk of), cream of tartar, sweet spirit of nitre,
laudanum, rhubarb, and beeswax; wines, beers, and spirits.
| No. | Nature of Article as Purchased, | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| *528 | Milk | Deficient in Butter Fat 15 per cent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 825 | „ | Added Water 3 per cent., deficient in Butter Fat 15 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 532 | „ | Added Water 20 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| *537 | „ | Added Water 17 per cent. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| *120 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 45 per cent. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 726 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 15 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 34 | „ | Added Water 15 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 324 | „ | Added Water 9 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 329 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 80 per cent. Water, Salt and Curd 18 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 2 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 330 | Milk | Deficient in Butter Fat 45 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 122 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 14 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 134 | „ | Added Water 14 per cent. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 830 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 10 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 831 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 75 per cent., Water, Salt and Curd 16 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 9 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 836 | Milk | Added Water 17 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 548 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 70 per cent., Water, Salt and Curd 17 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 13 per cent. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 549 | „ | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 80 per cent., Water, Salt and Curd 12 per cent., Butter Fat not exceeding 8 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| *41 | Milk | Added Water 8 per cent. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| *136 | „ | Added Water 14 per cent. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 333 | „ | Added Water 11 per oent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 555 | Coffee | Chicory 20 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| *560 | Milk | Added Water 7 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| *561 | „ | Added Water 6 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| *561 | „ | Added Water 11 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| *565 | „ | Added Water 12 per oent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 441 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat, 77 per cent., Water, Salt and Curd 18 per cent , Butter Fat not exceeding 5 per cent. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* These samples were procured at the Railway Termini in the course of delivery to the consignees.