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
Finsbury 1903
Report on the public health of 1903
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| Data. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 11th. | Otto Thomas, Ltd., 28, Leadenhall Street | For selling beet sugar for Demerara sugar at 113, Goswell Road | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Oct. 2nd | John Thomas, 230, St. John Street | For selling butter adulterated by the addition of 3.35 per cent. of water | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d costs. |
| ” | Do. do, | For selling milk from which 6 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Oct. 16th | David Jones, 13, Percival Street | For selling Butter adulterated with 85 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £6 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| ” | Do. do. | For selling margarine in unstamped paper | Fined £2 and 2s. costs |
| ” | Marion Hurst, 28, Thomas Street | For selling white crystals with an organic dye for Demerara sugar | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| ” | Jane Jonos, 76, Compton Street | For selling butter adulterated with 85 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| Oct. 22nd | George F. Callis, 31, Glasshouse Yard | For selling yellow crystals for Demerara sugar at 47, Bath Street | Fined £3 and £1 3s. costs |
| ” | Do. do. | For selling coffee adulterated with 30 per cent. of chicory at 47, Bath Street | Fined £3 and £1 3s. costs |
| Oct. 29th | Benjamin Dibbins, 52, Central Street | For selling milk adulterated with the addition of 14.2 per cent. of added water | Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs |
| ” | Magdaline Porter, 74, Bastwick Street | For selling milk adulterated with the abstraction of 7.3 per cent. of fat | Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs |
| ” | Robert A. Scott, 21, Finsbury Market | For selling milk adulterated with the abstraction of 10.3 per cent. of fat at 3, Tabernacle Street | Withdrawn |
| ” | William Evans, 136, Whitecross Street | For selling milk adulterated with the addition of 7.1 per cent. of added water. | Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs |
| ” | Do. do. | For selling butter adulterated with 86.0 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £3 and £1 3s. costs |
| Nov. 24th | Mrs. Mills, 6, Brewer Street North | For selling coffee adulterated with 50 per cent. of chicory | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs |
| ” | Emma Quilter, 11, Wynyatt Street | For selling coffee adulterated with 75 per cent. of chicory | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs |