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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
Bethnal Green 1908
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Police Court Proceedings, 1908.—Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1907.
| Date of Hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate, | Result. |
| 1908. | |||||
| April 7 | S. B. | Camphorated Oil, being a mixture of paraffin oil and camphor | W. Rowsell | Mr. Cluer | Fined £10. |
| „ 14 | K. W. | Milk, containing added water | A. S. Henley | Do. | Dismissed on warranty defence. |
| May 12 | E.& A. M. | Milk, deficient in butter fat | J. G. Weeks... | Do. | Fined £4. |
| ,, 12 | Do. | Milk, containing added water | Do. | Do. | Withdrawn. Conviction on other summons re same sample. |
| „ 12 | A. P. | Butter, containing foreign fat | E. Richards | Do. | Pined £4. |
| June 2 | A. P. | Adulterated Milk | F. Bare | Do. | Fined £3. |
| „ 16 | M. F. | Do. do. | E. Ainley | Do. | Dismissed on warranty defence. |
| „ 16 | J.J. | Adulterated Butter | A. S. Henley | Do. | Fined £8. |
| „ 16 | Do. | Margarine sold in plain wrapper | Do. | Do. | Conviction on other summons re same sample. |
| July 14 | L. G. | Deficiency of Butter Pat in Milk' | Do. | Do. | Fined £3. |
| Sept. 22 | B. S. | Milk, containing added water | E. Ainley | Mr. Biron | Fined £1, costs 23s. |
| „ 22 | T. J. H. | Do. do. | Do. | Do. | Fined £1, costs 235. |
| Oct. 6 | G. B. | Butter, containing 87½ per cent, of foreign fat | Do. | Do. | Fined £2 costs £1 1s. |
| „ 6 | Do. | Selling Margarine in plain wrapper | Do. | Do. | Withdrawn. Conviction on other summons re same sample. |