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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
Battersea 1907
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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Legal Proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine
Acts—
| No. of Sample | Date Heard. | Before whom. | Initials and Address of Defendant. | Nature of Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 487 | 1906. Nov. 7, Dec. 5 and ig. 1907. Jan. 3, 10 & 17 | Mr. Garrett | G. D., 22ib Evers-leigh Road | Selling milk containing 0-0425 per cent, of boron trioxide | Defendant pleaded warranty. The Magistrate held that the contract of warranty, which was dated 20th March, 1906, wai sufficient, but held, though with hesitation, that the writing on which the defendant relied to connect such warranty with the consignment of milk from which the sample was taken was not a sufficient identification within the recent case of Watts v. Stevens, 70 J. P., 418. He, however, thought it would be a hardship on the defendant to convict him, and therefore dismissed the summons on payment by the defendant of 12s. 6d. costs |
| 659 | Jan. 2 and 30 | Mr. Paul Taylor | W. J.. 46 St. Andrews Street | Selling milk containing 22 per cent, of extraneous water | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 673 | " 16 | " | C. R., sen., Culver-house, Mot-combe, Dorset | Selling milk from which 12 6 per cent, of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure. Sample taken in course of delivery | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 672 | " | " | Do. | Selling milk containing 3 per cent, of extraneous water and 16 4 per cent, devoid of fat. Sample taken in course of delivery. | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs |