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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
Islington 1916
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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73 [1916
ADULTERATED SAMPLES.—
| Sample marked. | Article submitted for Analysis. | State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Authority, under Section 13 of Act, and if so, the name of such Authority. | Result of Analysis. Showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration. | Action taken, with result of prosecution. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.L.B. | ||||
| 6 | * Milk | Inspector | 4 per cent. of added water | No prosecution, percentage too small. |
| * „ | „ | 2 ,, ,, | „ „ | |
| 21 | * „ | „ | 2 „„ | „ „ |
| * „ | „ | 28 „ „ | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act upon payment of £1 is. costs. | |
| 2 | * „ | „ | 6 „ „ | do. do. |
| 46 | * „ | „ | 2 per cent. of added water and 11 per cent. of the original fat abstracted | Fined 1os. and 1os. 6d. costs. |
| * „ | „ | 17 per cent. of added water | Summons dismissed on ground of warranty. | |
| 64 | * „ | „ | 1 per cent. of added water and 2 per cent. of the original fat abstracted | No prosecution. percentage too small. |
| * „ | „ | 23 per cent. of added water | Fined £5 and 1os. 6d. costs. | |
| * „ | „ | 18„ ,, | Fired £5 and 1os. 6d. costs. | |
| * „ | „ | Fined £6 and 1os. 6d. costs. | ||
| * „ | „ | Fined 1os. and 1os. 6d. costs. | ||
| 82 | * „ | „ | Fined ₤1 and 1os. 6d. costs. | |
| 84 | * „ | „ | Summons dismissed on ground of warranty. | |
| 86 | * „ | „ | 2 per cent. of added water and faint trace of formalin | No prosecution, percentage too small. |
| 89 | * „ | „ | 2 per cent. of added water | |
| 92 | * „ | „ | ||
| * „ | „ | |||
| * „ | „ | |||
| * „ | „ | |||
| 120 | * „ | „ | ||
| 121 | * „ | „ | 22 ,, | Fined 1os. and £2 2s. costs. |
* All free from Boric Acid and Formalin. † Free from Boric Acid.