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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
Hackney 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905
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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the Year, 1905.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Margarine | Exposed for sale unlabelled | Fined | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||||
| No name and address on vehicle | Fined | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| No name and address on vehicle | Fined | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| No name and address on vehicle | Fined | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 107 | Milk | 7.2% added water | Fined | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 169 | Milk | 7.9% added water | Withdrawn by order of the Public Health Committee | ||||||
| 186 | Milk | 15.4% added water | Fined | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 186 | Milk | 23% fat abstracted | Fined | ||||||
| 195 | Milk | 11.3% fat abstracted | Dismissed— Warranty proved | ||||||
| 209 | Milk | 7.3% added water | Withdrawn by order of the Public Health Committee | ||||||
| 252 | Butter | 93% foreign fat | Withdrawn by order of the Public Health Committee | .. | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 252 | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Withdrawn by order of the Public Health Committee | .. | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 256 | Butter | 91% foreign fat | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 256 | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Conviction | .. | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 273 | Milk | 15% fat abstracted | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |