Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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Legal Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts-(continued).
No. of Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
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251 | Sept 27 | Mr. Garrett | A. & Co. (trading as G. D. Ltd.), 9 Morton Street, St. George's Square | Selling milk containing 0.012 per cent. of Boron Trioxide | Summons withdrawn (Bottle burst) |
197 | „ | „ „ | E. G., 81 Grant Road | Selling butter containing 72 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs |
284 | Oct. 11 | „ „ | E. H. B., 33 High Street | Selling milk containing 12 per cent. of extraneous water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
274 | „ | „ „ | T. S., 20 Castle Street | Selling milk containing 4 per cent. of extraneous water | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
189 | Aug. 4 and Oct. 11 | „ „ | J. V. E., 99 Northcote Road | Selling milk containing 14 per cent. of extraneous water | Summons dismissed (Warranty defence) |
270 | Oct. 25 | „ „ | P. & S., Hill View Dairies, Okeford, Fitzpaine, Shilling-stone, Dorset | Selling milk containing 0.0105 per cent. of Boron Trioxide. (Sample taken in course of delivery) | Fined £2 and £10 10s. costs. |
271 | „ | „ „ | Do. do. | Selling milk containing 0.010 per cent. of Boron Trioxide | Ordered to pay 2s. costs. |
No. of Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Name of Magistrate. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence | Result of Proceedings. |
272 | Oct. 25 | Mr. Garrett | P. & S., Hill View Dairies, Okeford, Fitzpaine, Shilling-stone, Dorset | Selling machine skimmed milk containing 0.00875 Per cent. of Boron Trioxide | Ordered to pay 2s. costs |
273 | „ | „ „ | Do. do. | Selling machine skimmed milk containing 0.01075 per cent. of Boron Trioxide | Ordered to pay 2s. costs |
339 | „ | „ „ | D. J. E., 21 New 1Road | Selling milk containing 21 per cent. of extraneous water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs |
344 | „ | „ „ | T. J. R., 147 Stewarts Road | Selling milk containing 34 per cent. of extraneous water | Fined £4 and 12s. 6d. costs |
342 | „ | „ „ | E. W., 13 Ascalon Street | Selling milk containing 7 per cent. of extraneous water | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
322 | „ | „ „ | J. M., 27 Currie Street | Selling milk containing 7 per cent of extraneous water | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
213 | Sept. 27, Oct. 25 and Nov. 8. | „ „ | H. E. B., 245 Lavender Hill | Selling milk from which 6 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. Third sample at defendant's request sent to Government Analysts who certified 17 per cent. devoid of fat |