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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 1913
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913
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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were instituted in the following cases:—
| Defendant. | Offence. | Result. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| William John Winter, 7, Delvino Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling milk adulterated with 26 per cent. of added water. | Ordered to pay costs. | - | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Setchfield, 134, Estcourt Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling milk from which 70 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. | Convicted. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| George Harris, 42, Southerton Road, Hammersmith, W. | Refusing to sell Inspector sample of milk. | Convicted. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| John Maldwyn Evans, 135, Dawes Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling butter adulterated with 30 per cent of margarine. | Convicted. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| Arthur Marriott-Matthews, 797, Fulham Rd., S.W. | Selling milk adulterated with 25 per cent. of added water. | Ordered to pay costs. | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Alfred Jones, 66, Waldemar Avenue, Fulham, S.W. | Selling milk adulterated with 10 per cent. of added water. | Convicted. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Thomas Andrews, 126, Stephendale Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling a mixture purporting to contain paregoric and syrup of squills which contained no paregoric. | Convicted. Ordered to pay costs. | - | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Alfred Waterfield, 6, Masborough Road, Hammersmith, W. | Selling milk from which 7 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. | Convicted. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Joseph Hickman, 359, Fulham Palace Rd., Fulham, S.W. | Selling milk from which 16 per cent. of the original fat had been abstracted. | Dismissed. (Warranty proved) | — | — | ||||
| Belgravia Dairy Co., 4 & 6, Exhibition Road, S. Kensington, S.W. | Selling milk which contained 11 per cent. of added water. | Dismissed. | — | — | ||||
| Charles Wheeler, 56, Boscombe Road, Hammersmith, W. | Selling milk which contained 6 per cent. of added water. | Convicted. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Arthur Marriott-Matthews, 797, Fulham Rd., S.W. | Selling milk which contained 3 per cent. of added water. | Convicted. | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Elizabeth Jones, 203, Munster Road, Fulham, S.W. | Selling margarine for butter. | Convicted. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Edward Francis, 574, Fulham Rd., S.W. | Selling milk from which 38 per cent. of its original fat had been abstracted. | Dismissed. (Warranty proved) | - | — | ||||
| Rees Price, 275, Wandsworth Bridge Rd., | Selling margarine for butter. | Convicted, | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| £22 | 12 | 6 | £7 | 3 | 6 | |||