Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912 page 104

Battersea 1912

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912

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

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

Number of Sample.	Article.	Nature of Offence or Adulteration, &c.	Result of Proceedings.
536	Milk	7% added water	Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
—	”	Giving false warranty	Fined £2 and 10s., including costs.
677	”	25% of fat abstracted	Dismissed.
678	”	16% of fat abstracted	Dismissed.
604	”	4.5% added water	Withdrawn, £1 1s. costs.
693	”	10% added water	Fined £3, including costs.
688	”	13.5% added water	Fined £3, including costs.
687	Butter	86% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £2, including costs.
715	”	60% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £5 and 2s. costs.
705	Irish Whisky	28.24 degrees under proof	Fined £2, including costs.
701	Scotch Whisky	28.24 degrees under proof	Fined £2, including costs.
771	Milk	10% added water	Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
853	”	25.3% of fat abstracted	Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
788	”	9% added water	Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
817	Butter	56.8% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £5 and 14s. 6d. costs.
848	”	Offence under Sec. 4 of Butter and Margarine Act, 1907	Dismissed.
849	”	Offence under Sec. 4 of Butter and Margarine Act, 1907	Dismissed.
865	Milk	17.3% of fat abstracted.	Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
900	Butter	72.7% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £2 and £1 9s. costs.
901	”	69.7% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £2 and £1 9s. costs.
913	”	79% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £1 1s.
913	”	79% foreign fat and selling Margarine in a plain wrapper	Fined £1.
925	Vinegar	5% added water	Fined £1.
860	Dutch Cheese	37.18% deficient in fat	Withdrawn, £2 2s. costs.
963	Milk	10.5% added water	Dismissed (warranty).
4	”	20% of fat abstracted	Fined £5 and 27s. costs.
5	”	6.3% added water	Fined £5 and 27s. costs.
19	”	9.6% added water	Fined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs.
34	”	8.3% added water	Dismissed.
—	”	Giving false warranty	Dismissed.
56	,,	9.6% added water	Fined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs.
64	”	19% of fat abstracted	Dismissed (warranty).