London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hackney 1908
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1908
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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during the Year 1908.
| No. of Simple. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Coats. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 14 | Milk | 13.4% added water | Fined | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | Milk | 13.18% added water | Fined | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 50 | Milk | 10.12% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 55 | Butter | 2.4% excess of water | Dismissed—(Warranty proved) | ||||||
| 63 | Milk | 9.65% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 92 | Milk | 8.59% added water | Dismissed— (warranty proved) | ||||||
| 121 | Milk | 5% fat abstracted | Dismissed— | ||||||
| 2.7% added water | (warranty proved) | ||||||||
| 154 | Milk | .075% boric acid | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 156 | Milk Butter | 073% boric acid .. Giving false warranty | Fined Withdrawn— (Witness not forthcoming) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 270 | Milk | 5.88% added water | Fined | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 284 | Butter | 93% foreign fat | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 284 | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Fined | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 315 | Cream | .3269% boric acid | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 332 | Milk | 11 .7% fat abstracted | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 338 | Golden Syrup | 68% commercial glucose | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 377 | Golden Syrup | 59% commercial glucose | Fined | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 406 | Milk | 12% fat abstracted | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 412 | Butter | 100% foreign fat | Fined | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carried forward | 14 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||