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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

Finsbury 1909

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

DateName and Address ofOffenceResult.
1909. Jan, 19thHawkins, Harriett, 140, Central Street, E.C.For selling Gregory powder adulterated with 15 per cent. of sodium carbonate and 41 per cent. of basic magnesium carbonateFined £
„ 19thBrown, C. M., 80, Bath Street, E.C.For selling liniment of lime adulterated with 50 per cent. of oil other than Olive oilDismissed with £2 2s. costs against Council
„ 28thMorgan, Timothy, 11, Chapel StreetFor selling butter adulterated with 84 per cent. of foreign fatFined £20 and £2 4s. costs
Mar. 5thEvans, Jane, 94, Chapel Street, N.For exposing margarine for sale without being properly labelledFined £5 and £1 3s. costs
„ 5thEvans, Jane, 94, Chapel Street, N.For selling margarine containing more than 10 per cent. of butter fatFined £10 and £1 3s. costs
„ 16thLewis, Enoch, 13, Yardley, Street, E.C.For selling butter adulterated with 81 per cent. of foreign fatFined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs.
„ 19thHowell, Thos. E., 24, Collier Street, N.For selling butter adulterated with 38 per cent. of foreign fatFined £20 and £3 3s. costs.
„ 19thHowell, Thos. E., 24, Collier Street, N.For exposing margarine for sale without being labelledOrdered to pay 2s. costs.
„ 19thHowell, Thos. E., 24, Collier Street, N.For selling margarine containing 20 per cent. of butter fatOrdered to pay 2s. costs.
Apr. 22ndRowlands, David, 7, Compton Street, E.C.For selling margarine in an unstamped wrapperFined £3 and 12s. 6d costs.
„ 22ndJenkins, William, 6, Aylesbury Street, E.C.For exposing margarine for sale without being properly labelledFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs
„ 22ndWilliams, Margaret, 74, Farringdon Road, E.C.For selling margarine in an unstamped wrapperFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs
„ 28thPeate, John Morgan, 1, Leverington Street, E.C.For selling margarine in an unstamped wrapperFined 7s. and £1 3s. costs
„ 28thGrinsdall, Ernest, 284, Goswell Road, E.C.For exposing margarine for sale without being properly labelledFined £1 5s. and £1 3s. costs
„ 28thGrinsdall, Ernest, 284, Goswell Road, E.C.For selling margarine in an unstamped wrapperWithdrawn