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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 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919
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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during the year 1919.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration of Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1r | Milk | 52.94% added water | Fined | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 13r | „ | 10% fat abstracted | „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 15r | „ | 40.67% „ | „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 45r | Margarine | Exposed for sale unlabeled. | „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 21r | „ | „ „ | „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 21r | „ | Served in plain wrapper. | „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 40r | Milk | 17.42% added water | Dismissed. (Warranty proved.) | — | — | ||||
| 41 r | „ | 5.06% „ | „ | — | — | ||||
| 128p | „ | Gave false warranty to milk vendor. | Dismissed. (It being held that defendant had reason to believe that statements in warranty given were true.) | - | - | ||||
| 161p | „ | „ „ | „ „ | — | — | ||||
| 95r | „ | 26.82% added water | Dismissed. (Warranty proved.) | — | — | ||||
| 40r | „ | Gave false warranty to milk vendor. | Adjourned, sine die. | — | — | ||||
| 41r | „ | „ „ | Dismissed | — | — | ||||
| 155r | Margarine | Exposed for sale unlabelled. | Fined | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | ||
| 156r | „ | „ „ | „ | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | ||
| 199r | Milk | 5.8% fat abstracted | Dismissed. (Warranty proved.) | — | — | ||||
| 230r | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper. | Fined | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 15s | Milk | Served in improperly marked wrapper. | „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 1s | „ | 5.53% added water | Dismissed. (Warranty proved.) | — | — | ||||
| 3s | „ | 3.41% „ | „ „ | — | — | ||||
| 224r | „ | 3.5% „ | „ „ | — | — | ||||
| 95r | „ | Gave false warranty to milk vendor. | Dismissed | — | — | ||||
| 199r | „ | „ „ | „ „ | — | — | ||||
| 43s | „ | 23.4% fat abstracted | Withdrawn. (Warranty proved.) | — | — | ||||
| 46s | „ | 4.36% added water | „ „ | — | — | ||||
| Carried forward. | 38 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||