London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bethnal Green 1920
Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920
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Administrative Action regarding Samples not reported to be genuine.—Continued.
| Name of Article. 1 | Identification Number given to the sample. 2 | Result of Analysis. 3 | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. 4 | If any legal proceedings were taken under Acts other than Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state the result, showing fines and costs separately. 5 | If no legal proceedings were institututed, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. 6 | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. 7 | Remarks on any point of special interest. 8 |
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| Condensed Milk | No. 577 | Contained 94 per cent, less than the proper amount of fat. (Proved to be a sample of machine skimmed milk.) | .. | .. | No prosecution in respect of adulteration, but vendor summoned for selling unlabelled machine skimmed milk. (See offences other than adulteration.) | .. | .. |
| Camphorated Oil | „ 539 | Found to be 26 per cent, deficient in camphor. | Vendor fined £5. Costs, £2. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Condensed Milk | 603 | Found to contain 91 per cent, less than the proper amount of fat, and to be in a decomposed condition (Proved to be a sample of machine skimmed milk.) | .. | .. | No prosecution in respect of adulteration, but vendor summoned for selling unlabelled machine skimmed milk. (See offences other than adulteration.) | .. | .. |
| Strong tincture of Iodine | „ 616 | Contained 75 per cent, less than the amount of lodine prescribed by the British Pharmacopoeia. | Vendor paid costs, £2 2s. | .. | .. | .. | .. |