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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

Battersea 1911

[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]

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Table: APPENDIX No.1. (i ) Legal Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts.

APPENDIX No.1. (i ) Legal Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts.

Numberof Sample.Article.Nature of Offence or Adulteration, &c.Result of Proceedings.
602Milk7 per cent. added waterDismissed (warranty).
674Butter66 per cent. foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperOrdered to pay 14s. 6d. costs.
646„67 per cent. foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
645„Exposing margarine for sale as butterWithdrawn.
246Separated milk10 per cent. extraneous water, and less than 9 per cent. of milk solidsFined £3 and 12s 6d. costs, or 5 weeks in default.
—MilkGiving false warrantyDismissed.
702Separated milk12 per cent. extraneous water, and less than 9 per cent of milk solidsFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs; or, in default of distress, 14 days.
526Sausages24•794 grains per lb. boric acidFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs, or, in default of distress, 21 days.
544Milk7 per cent. added waterFined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs.
740„28•48 grains per gallon boric acidDismissed, but actual seller ordered to pay 3s. 6d. costs.
736Butter82 per cent. foreign fat, and selling margarine in a plain wrapperFined £2 and 18s. 6d. costs.
—-Giving false warrantyFined £1 and 2s. costs.
793Milk11 per cent. of fat abstracted.Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
809»»13 per cent. added waterFined £4 and 14s. 6d. costs.
836,,13•3 per cent added waterFined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs.
884,,3•4 per cent. added water, and 10•6 per cent. devoid of fatFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
852„8 per cent. added waterFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
943„9 per cent. added waterFined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs
910>>5•6 per cent. added waterWithdrawn.
931,,6•8 per cent. added waterWithdrawn.
99311 per cent. of fat abstractedFined £2 and 23s. costs.
967,,9•3 per cent. added waterFined £1 and 23s. costs.
991„7•5 per cent. added waterFined £1 and 23s. costs.
777„10 per cent. added waterFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
992Milk15 per cent. added waterFined 30s. and 14s. 6d. costs in default 7 days.
30-10•5 per cent. added waterFined 30s. and 14s. 6d. costs in default 7 days.
28„12•5 per cent. added waterFined 30s. and 14s. 6d. costs in default 7 days.