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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 1913

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913

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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.

Number ofSample.Article.Nature of Offence or Adulteration, &c.Result of Proceedings.
536Milk4.7% extraneous waterFined £2 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs.
636„13.6% extraneous waterFined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs.
639„12.3% extraneous waterWithdrawn.
613Butter33% foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperF'ined £10 and 14s. 6d. costs.
678Milk9.6% extraneous waterF'ined £1 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
640„7.4% extraneous waterFined £4 and 12s. 6d. costs.
818,,7.0% extraneous waterF'ined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs.
—,,Obstruction of InspectorBound over in 40s. for 6 months.
806,,7.1% fat abstracted and 1.6% extraneous waterDismissed (warranty).
778,,8.7% extraneous waterFined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs.
845Butter70% foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperFined £1 and 18s. 6d. costs.
908,,45% foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperFined £2 and 18s. 6d. costs.
906,,60% foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperFined £2 and 18s. 6d. costs.
—MilkGiving false warrantyDismissed.
820,,20% fat abstractedFined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
982,,6.7% extraneous waterDismissed (warranty).
57Butter53% foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
58Milk8% extraneous waterOrdered to pay 12s. 6d. costs.
64,,7.4% extraneous waterOrdered to pay 12s. 6d. costs.
66,,7.3% extraneous waterFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
91Butter75% foreign fat, and selling Margarine in a plain wrapperFined £1 and 18s. 6d. costs.
74Milk8.3% fat abstractedFined 10s. and 14s 6d. costs.
76,,18% fat abstractedWithdrawn on payment of 12s. 6d. costs.
73,,14.6% fat abstractedWithdrawn on payment of 14s. 6d. costs.
3,,7% fat abstractedDismissed.
5,,6% extraneous waterWithdrawn on payment of £1 1s. costs.