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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
Deptford 1905
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
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| Brought forward | 393 | 13 | 406 |
| Separated Milk | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tapioca | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Tartaric Acid | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Vinegar | 8 | ... | 8 |
| 405 | 15 | 420 | |
| Adulterations | = 3.57 per cent. | ||
| 1904 | = 4.6 | ||
| 1903 | = 7.6 „ | ||
| 1902 | = 6.6 „ | ||
Particulars of Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and the Margarine Act.
| Sample. | Fine. | Costs of Summonses | Totals. | Remarks. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Butter 60S | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| „ 44S | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | |||
| „ 47P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| „ 45S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | |||
| „ 7S | Case not proceeded with to keep observation. | M. | O. | H. | ||||||||
| „ 54P | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| „ 10S | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 | |||
| ,, 60SY | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milk 58S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||
| „ 7T | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||
| „ 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 6 | |||
| ,, 26S | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| ,, 29DN | Proceedings withdrawn. | |||||||||||
| „ 59T | Proceedings pending. | |||||||||||
| „ 35SY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Separated Milk— | ||||||||||||
| 57SY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20S | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 6 | |||
| Margarine exposed for sale unlabelled | Summons not served absconded. | Defendant | ||||||||||
| Selling Milk from vehicle on which vendor's name and address were not conspicuously inscribed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Totals | £46 | 10 | 0 | £11 | 17 | 0 | £58 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total cost of purchase of samples, Agents' fees, cost of summonses, &c. Amount recovered in Fines and Costs | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| 61 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 58 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| £3 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
UNSOUND FOOD.
The Inspectors, acting under instructions, made frequent examinations
of articles of food submitted for sale, and special visits
were frequently made on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings to