Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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MAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1902, UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
Streets where Purchased. | Article Purchased. | Extent of Adulteration or Abstraction. | Date of Hearing. | Result. |
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Smith Street | Milk | 8% of added water | Feb. 18th | Fine £5 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
World's End | Ditto | Ditto | Feb. 25th. | Fine £3 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Cremorne Road | Ditto | 7% of added water | Feb. 25th | Fine 10s. and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Ditto | Ditto | 10% of added water | March 4th | Adjourned for 1 month. |
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | April 1st | Fine £5 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Godfrey Street | Coffee | 40% of chicory | March 18th | Adjourned for 1 month. |
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | April 15 th | Fine £5 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Blenheim Street | Ditto | 47% of chicory | March 18th | Adjourned for 1 month. |
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | April 15th | Fine £3 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
King's Road | Ditto | 16% of chicory | March 18th | Adjourned for 1 month. |
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | April 15th | Fine £5 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Christchurch Terrace | Milk | 16% of fat abstracted | June 10th | Fine £2 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Oakley Crescent | Butter | 78% of foreign fat | July 8th | Fine £2 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
King's Road | Tincture of Iodine | 44% deficient in free Iodine and 45% deficient in Potassium Iodine | July 8th | Fine £5 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Fulham Road | Hydrocyanic Acid | 47% below the B. P. standard | July 8th | Fine £5 and 10s. 6d. costs. |
Total, £40 10s. Fines, and £5 15s. 6d Costs. |