Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of 1903
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Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence | Result. |
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March 6th | Joseph Turner, la, Weston Street | For selling milk which had been adulterated ny the addition of 82 per cent. of added water. | Fined 10s. & 12s. 6d. costs |
” | Frederick Harris, 39, Margaret Street | For selling beeswax with 50 per cent. of resinous matter | Withdrawn. A previous case decided |
April 16th | Wm. Davies, 104, Goswell Road | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 12.7 per cent. of added water | Fined £10 & 12s. 6d. costs |
April 17th | Henry Sharpe, 4, Suffolk Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 23.3 per cent. of added water | Fined £4 & 12s. 6d. costs |
April 17th | Stephen Evans, 44, Margaret Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 6.8 per cent. of added water | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
” | John Evans, 49, Bayham Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 6.7 per cent. of added water | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
” | David Evans, 122, St. John Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 6.8 per cent. of added water. | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
May 29th | Daniel Jones, 39, Exmouth Street | For failing to get registered for sale of milk | Fined £1 and 2s. costs. |
June 24th | Arthur Wood, 87, Lever Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 8 per cent. of added water | Fined £1 10s. and £1 3s. costs. |
July 2nd | Benjamin Cook, 2, Peerless Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 19.8 per cent. of added water | Fined £3 and £1 3s. costs. |
July 3rd | Rose Hosty, 3a, Penton Place | For selling butter adulterated with 82.0 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
” | Mary Wright, 9, Risinghill Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 6.1 per cent. of added water | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs. |
July 26th | Ann Pugh, 158, Lever Street | For selling milk adulterated by the addition of 6-3 per cent. of added water | Dismissed. |
August 6th | Annie Barson, 51, Galway Street | For selling milk from which had been abstracted 9.6 per cent. of its fat or cream | Fined £1 10s. |
August 19th | James Clark, 36, Central Street | For selling coffee adulterated with 60.0 per cent. of chicory | Ordered to pay £1 13s. 6d. costs. |
August 21st | Robert Albon, 7, Copenhagen Street | For selling milk which had been adulterated by the addition of 101 per cent. of added water at 105, Rosoman Street | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
” | Annie Jones, 69, Bastwick Street | For selling milk which had been adulterated by the addition of 11.4 per cent. added water | Fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
” | Do. do. | For selling butter adulterated with 85.0 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |