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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
Finsbury 1902
Report on the public health of 1902
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
| Data. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 14th | John Rowland, 24, Collier Street | For selling butter adulterated with 81 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| „ | Thomas Jones, 47, Myddelton Street | For selling butter adulterated with 82 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| „ | Marion Richards, 27, Gloucester Street | For selling coffee adulterated with 50 per cent. of chicory | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Jan. 28th | Emily Pike, 9, Henry Street | For selling butter adulterated with 80 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Feb. 20th | Charles Brown, 80, Bath Street | For selling camphorated oil which was deficient of camphor to the extent of 55•5 per cent. | Fined £1 and £1 13s. 6d. costs. |
| „ | David Davies, 79, Central Street | For selling butter adulterated with 83 per cent. of foreign fat | Summonsed dismissed. |
| „ | Anna Jones, 118, Whitecross Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 35 per cent. of water | Fined £1 and £1 13s. 6d. costs. |
| March 7th | C. J. Alberici, 28, Thomas Street | For selling milk adulterated by the admixture of 19 per cent. of added water | Fined £1 and 12s 6d. costs. |
| March 19th | John P. Robinson, 33, Bath Street | For selling camphorated oil which was 58.2 per cent deficient in camphor | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs. |
| April 1st | William Barfield, 19, Northampton Road | For selling milk from which had been abstracted 13 per cent. of its fat or cream | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs. |
| „ | James Windsor, 11, Sans Walk | For selling milk which had been adulterated by the admixture of 7 per cent. of added water | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| April 3rd | Samuel Curry, 284, Goswell Road | For selling milk which had been adulterated by the addition of 8•7 per of water | £1 13s 6d. costs. |
| „ | Zalie Woolf, 64, Lever Street | For selling margarine in an unstamped paper | Fined £1 and £1 13s. 6d. costs. |
| „ | Henry Jenkins, 129, Central Street | For selling margarine in an unstamped paper | Fined £20 and £3 3s. 0d. costs. |