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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

Holborn 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE X. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

TABLE X. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Date.Name.Premises.Offence.Result.
6061 Jan. 27thMrs. Hunter18, Eagle StreetSelling butter containing 84 per cent. foreign fatDefendant convicted and fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs
May 12thMrs. Walters17, High StreetSelling milk containing 5.4 per cent. added waterWarranty proved. Summons withdrawn.
„ 19thLuigi Terroni138, Clerkenwell RoadSelling milk containing 5.1 per cent. added waterDefendant convicted and fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
„ „Andrew Pizzala17, Charles StreetSelling milk containing 6.8 per cent. added waterDefendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
June 2ndThomas Liles3a, Beauchamp StreetSelling milk 7.3 per cent. deficient in fatWarranty proved. Summons withdrawn.
„ „Mary Goldberg73a, Clerkenwell RoadSelling butter containing 84 per cent. foreign fatDefendant convicted and ordered to pay 12s 6d. costs.
„ 9thDavid Jones7, Betterton StreetSelling Demerara sugar, containing 100 per cent. of white sugar crystalsDefendant convicted and fined £2 and £1 3s. costs.
July 21stAlmasio, A.24, Betterton StreetSelling milk 13 per cent. deficient in fatDefendant convicted and fined 30s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
Sept. 27thAshburton Club & Restaurant, Limited28, Red Lion SquareSelling milk 8.0 per cent. deficient in fatDefendant convicted and fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
„ 28thLuigi Terroni138, Clerkenwell RoadSelling milk 6.6 per cent. deficient in fatDefendant convicted, 12s. 6d. costs.
Dec. 8thDaniel Sheehan3, Devonshire StreetSelling butter containing 0.758 per cent. crystallised boric acidDefendant convicted and fined 40s. and 23s. costs.

Table: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

Date.Name.Address.Offence.Result.
1911. Sept. 27th and October 11thGiddens, H. F.12, Eagle StreetOvercrowdingNuisance abated. Summons withdrawn.