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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
City of London 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1919
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| Name of Article. | Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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| Calomel Oint. | 319 | 39% deficient in Calomel. | Fined £10 & £3/3/0 Costs. | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 321 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor re-sampled | .... | subsequent official sample genuine, No.385 |
| *Butter | 322 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor cautioned. | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 323 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Butter | 325 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Butter | 331 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| Milk | 347 | 13% added water 21% deficient in fat. | Dismissed, warranty proved. | .... | .... | 3 previous convictions 24thMarch, 1915, 30th March, 1916 and 25th June, 1918. | .... |
| Milk | 350 | 13% added water. | .... | .... | .... | .... | The vendors of these samples supplied by a milkman who absconded. |
| Milk | 351 | 14% added water. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Milk | 352 | 4% added water. | .... | .... | Same vendor as sample No. 356. | .... | .... |
| *Calomel Oint. | 355 | 8.2% Calomel in excess. | .... | .... | No action taken. | .... | .... |
| *Milk | 356 | 4% added water. | .... | .... | Vendor re-sampled | .... | subsequent official sample No.367 genuine. |
| *Butter | 373 | 90% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor cautioned. | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 376 | 90% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Butter | 379 | 30% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor re-sampled | .... | subsequent official sample No.424 genuine. |
| *Butter | 381 | 90% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | Do. No. 425. | |
| *Butter | 395 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor cautioned. | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 399 | 100% Margarine. | See sample 454. | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 411 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor cautioned. | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 418 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Butter | 419 | 90% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Milk | 421 | 6% added water. | .... | .... | Vendor re-sampled | .... | subsequent sample No. 442 genuine. |
| *Butter | 432 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | Vendor cautioned. | .... | .... |
| *Butter | 434 | 50% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Butter | 437 | 100% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| *Butter | 438 | 60% Margarine. | .... | .... | .... | .... | On subsequent visit Margarine declared. |
| *Milk | 443 | 5% fat abstracted | .... | .... | .... | .... | Subsequent official sample No.481 genuine. |
| *Milk | 445 | 6% fat abstracted. | .... | .... | .... | .... | Do. No. 480. |
| *Butter | 449 | 60% Margarine. | .... | .... | See sample No.478 | .... | .... |
| Butter | 454 | 90% Margarine. | Fined £3 /3 & £1/1/0 Costs. | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| *Milk | 460 | 10% fat abstracted. | .... | .... | Vendor re-sampled | .... | Subsequent official sample genuine. |