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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
Fulham 1912
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912
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substance to cream is also prohibited. The attention of
dairymen and others selling cream in the borough has
been called to these regulations.
Arsenic in Baking Powder.
A sample of baking-powder was certified to contain
1-40th of a grain of arsenic to the pound.
The vendor had obtained the baking-powder from a
manufacturer in Manchester, but some samples, which
were taken at my suggestion by the Medical Officer
of Health for Manchester from the manufacturer, were
found to be free from arsenic.
Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were instituted in the following cases:—
| Defendant. | Offence. | Result. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| The Retail Dairy Co., 29, Baldwin Street, Bristol. | Selling milk from which 8 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. | Dismissed (warranty proved) | - | - | ||||
| James Brighton, 25, Purser'sCross Rd. Fulham, S.W. | Selling milk from which 21 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. | Convicted | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| William Haines, 47, Estcourt Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling milk from which 4 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. | Convicted | Nil | 12 | 6 | |||
| William Mosley, 46, Parsons Gr'n Lane Fulham, S.W. | Selling margarine for butter. | Convicted | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |
| Thomas Russell, 318, Lillie Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling baking powder containing 1 40th grain of arsenic per pound. | Convicted | Nil | 12 | 6 | |||
| James Hedges, 59, I-angthorne St., Fulham. S.W. | Selling milk adulterated with 12 per cent. of added water. | Convicted | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| Edwin Hubert, 161, Dawes Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling margarine for butter. | Convicted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |