London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hackney 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 48s | Margarine | Exposed for sale unlabeled. | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 44t | Butter | Wholly foreign fat | Fined | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| „ | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Withdrawn. (See above summons) | ||||||
| 37V | Milk- | 11.64% added water | Fined | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 59V | Milk | 5.8% added water | Dismissed on proof of warranty | ||||||
| 751 | Butter | Wholly foreign fat | Fined | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| „ | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Fined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 79Z | Milk | 9®o fat abstracted | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 60A | Butter | Wholly foreign fat . | Fined | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Withdrawn. (See above summons) | |||||||
| 63A | Milk | 5'41"« added water | Withdrawn. (Warranty proved) | ||||||
| 70A | Milk | 5.06% added water | No conviction | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 14B | Butter | 16*8u/> foreign fat | Fined | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 58D | Milk | 9.18% added water | No conviction | - | 5 | 0 | |||
| 65E | Milk | 6.12% added water | Fined | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | |||