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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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1916] 74
Total number of samples analysed during the Quarter 284.
Number adulterated 40.
* A11 free from Boric Acid and Formalin.
| 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. 141 | *Milk | Inspector | 6 per cent. of added water | Fined £3 and £1 10s. 6d. costs. |
| 142 | * „ | „ | Fined £3 and £1 10s 6d. costs | |
| Margarine | „ | 100 per cent. of Margarine | Summons not served, as Defendant absconded. | |
| 146 | „ | ,, | 100 „ „ | Fined 5s. |
| 147 | „ | „ | 100 „ | Fined 2s. 6d and 10s 6d. costs |
| 148 | * Milk | „ | 2 per cent. of added water and 1 per cent. of the original fat abstracted | No prosecution, percentage too small. |
| 149 | * „ | „ | 4 per cent. of added water | „ „ „ |
| 158 | Boric Acid Ointment .. | „ | 167 per cent. of the Boric Acid deficient | Dismissed on ground of warranty. |
| 160 | „ | „ | 12.7 „ „ ,, „ | Dismissed because Somerset House Analyst's Certificate did not show Boric Acid deficiency. |
| 163 | * Milk | „ | 3 per cent. of the original fat ab stracted | No prosecution, percentage too small |
| 168 | * „ | „ | 7 „ „ „ | Summons dismissed, as Magistrate was satisfied that Defendant sent the milk exactly as it came from the cow. |
| 171 | * „ | „ | 4 per cent. of added water | No prosecution, percentage too small. |
| 172 | * „ | „ | 4 „ „ „ | „ „ „ |
| 179 | Butter | „ | 49 per cent. of Margarine | Fined £3 and £1 11s. 6d. costs. |
| 197 | Margarine | „ | 100 ,, „ | No prosecution Cautioned by letter. |
| 364 | * Milk | „ | Ordered to pay £3 3s costs. | |
| 366 | * „ | „ | 15 per cent. of the original fat abstracted. | Fined £2. |
| 367 | * „ | „ | 4 per cent. of added water | No prosecution, percentage too small. |