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Hackney 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922

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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts during the year1922.

No. of SampleArticleAdulteration or OffenceResult of Legal ProceedingsFineCosts
£s.d.£s.A
1 WMilk12-94% added waterDismissed on payment of15150
10SCamphorated Oil10-35% deficient in camphorDismissed under Probation of Offender's Acl550
12NMilk10% fat abstractedDismissed (Defendant proved that milk sold as it came from the cow) +
15R"6-6% fat abstractedFined200220
16T"6-7% fat abstractedWithdrawn (warranty proved)
13T"10-36% added waterFined2002!0
22P"26-7% fat abstractedDischarged under Probation of Offender's Act110
30 MButterWholly foreign fatFined200110
30MMargarineExposed for sale unlabelledFined500110
37JButter57% foreign fatFined1500330
38J"47% foreign fatFined1500331
39J"51 % foreign fatFined1500330
29 KMilk18% fat abstractedDismissed (Warranty proved)
47Y"13-3% fat abstractedDismissed under Probation of Offender's Act220
52W"3-12% added waterOrdered to pay110
56J"12-7% fat abstractedOrdered to pay330
£56004420