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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 996 | May 6 & 20 | Mr. Garrett | W. F., 23 Eltringham Street, Wandsworth, S.W. | Selling milk containing less than 9 per cent, of milk solids and at least 4 per cent of extraneous water | Summonses adjourned sine die, defendant having left address |
| 987 | „ | „ | W. F, 23 Eltringham Street, Wandsworth, S.W. | Selling milk from which 67 per cent, of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure | |
| 2 | May 20 | „ | A. M., 14 Howie Street, Battersea, S.W. | Selling butter containing 77 percent, of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs |
| 14 | May 20 | „ | E. J., 113 Queens Road,Battersea, S.W. | Selling milk from which 6 per cent, of the original fat had been abstracted without disclosure | Summons dismissed, defendant proving warranty |
| 1 | „ | „ | M. M., 56 Battersea BridgeRoad, S.W. | Magistrate not satisfied that butter was asked for and dismissed summons, but he stated he did not believe case set up by defendant | |
| — | „ | „ | W. J. D. (same address) | ||
| 948 | Apr. 22 & May 6 20 & June 3 | „ | L. J., 46 New Road,Battersea, S.W. | Selling milk containing 0.0087 per cent, of boron trioxide and 3 per cent, of extraneous water | Fined £2 and £1 1s. costs or one month |
| 68 | June 3 | „ | L. E.,116 Chatham Road, Battersea, S.W. | Selling milk containing 10.5 per cent, of extraneous water | Fined 10s. and 12s.6d. costs |
| 35 | „ | „ | A. D., 10 Laven-Terrace, Battersea, S.W. | Selling milk containing 5 per cent, of extraneous water | Defendant proving warranty, summons dismissed |