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Bermondsey 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914
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Table XlV.—Prosecutions in connection with Samples taken
during 1914.
Result.
No.
Sample.
Adulteration or Infringement.
First Quarter.
Vinegar
377H
Added water 9.5 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
391H
Vinegar
Added water 22.7 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved.
366h
Vinegar
Added water 17 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved.
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent
Fined £5 ; costs 17/6
40IS
376s
Vinegar
Added water 25.7 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs, 15/6
384s
Milk
Added water 2.5 per cent
Fined £1 ; costs 17/6
Milk
Added water 3.8 per cent.
383S
Fined £2 ; costs 17/6
404H
Milk
Added water 12.2 per cent.
Dismissed. Costs given against
servant £1 17s. 6d.
417H
Vinegar
Added water 11 per cent.
Fined 2/6; costs 15/6 [mons, 2/-
407S
Vinegar
Added water 42 per cent.
Ordered to pay the cost of sum-
428H
Vinegar
Added water 20 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
Butter
Fined £25 ; costs £1 10s. 0d.
447H
Margarine 100 per cent
Summons withdrawn
43 1S
Milk
Added water 7.1 per cent.
Added water 6 per cent.
447S
Milk
Dismissed. Warranty proved
476s
Butter
Contained 17.6 per cent, of water
Dismissed. Warranty proved
495 s
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent.
Fined £7 10s. 0d.; costs 17/6
366h
Vinegar
False warranty
Dismissed
Vinegar
False warranty
39 1H
Fined £i; costs £2 8s. 6d.
498s
Vinegar
Added water 27.3 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
Vinegar
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
491S
Added water 26 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
487s
Vinegar
Added water 13.2 per cent.
Deficient in fat 5.7 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
502S
Milk
498H
Margarine
Bulk not marked ...
Fined 2/6 ; costs 15/6
508h
Margarine
Bulk not marked
Fined 2/6 ; costs 15/6
511H
Separated Milk
Added water 20.46 per cent.
Defendant did not appear.
Warrant issued.
Second Quarter.
565H
Fined £i; costs 15/6
Margarine
Unmarked wrapper
563H
Margarine
Bulk not marked
Fined the costs 15/6
528H
Butter
Margarine, 100 per cent.
Fined £2 ; costs 17/6
Milk
Deficient in fat 36.3 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
549 s
Vinegar
Added water 26.5 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
582H
585H
Pepper
Contained foreign starch not less
than 70 per cent.
Lead chromate not less than 0.2
per cent.
Ordered to pay the cost of
summons, 2/-
60.IH
Vinegar
Added water 7 per cent
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
Fined £5 ; costs £3 19s. 6d.
447S
Milk
False warranty
10H
Deficient in fat 6.3 per cent.
Fined 10/-; costs 13/-
Milk
Milk
2S
Added water 10.7 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
36H
Milk
Deficient in fat 9 per cent.
Fined 10/- ; costs 15/6
Milk
Added water 3.4 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
26H
50H
Milk
Deficient in fat 8.7 per cent.
Filled I/-; costs, 15/6
37S
Milk
Fined I/-; costs 17/6
Deficient in fat 9.7 per cent.
Third Quarter.
IIIH
Margarine
Bulk not marked
Fined 5/-; costs 15/6
70s
Deficient in fat 13 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
Milk
Dismissed. Warranty proved
98s
Vinegar
Added water 17 per cent.
72s
Deficient in fat 6 per cent.
Fined 5/-; costs 15/6
Milk
95 s
Milk blended
butter
Wrapper without approved name
Fined 5/- ; costs 15/6
Added water 21.3 per cent.
118s
Vinegar
Dismissed. Warranty proved
Dismissed. Warranty proved
113S
Vinegar
Added water 5.5 per cent.
Fined 5/-; costs 15/6
127S
Milk
Deficient in fat 8 per cent.
Butter
Margarine 100 per cent
Fined the costs 17/6
14IH
Deficient in fat 10.3 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
144s
Milk
Milk
Deficient in fat 10.3 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
145S
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
149S
Milk
Deficient in fat 6.3 per cent.
Milk
Deficient in fat 12 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
151S
Added water 16.7 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
185H
Vinegar
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
Milk
Deficient in fat 12.3 per cent.
168S
Vinegar
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
186H
Added water 19 per cent.
163H
Vinegar
Added water 10 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 15/6
Dismissed.
98S
Vinegar
False warranty
196H
Milk
Added water 4.5 per cent.
Ordered to pay the costs 19/6
Milk
Added water 14 per cent.
Fined £1 ; costs 15/6
211H
154S
Milk
Added water 3.5 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
230H
Milk
Deficient in fat 47 per cent.
Fined £i 10s. od.; costs 14/6
Table XlV.—Prosecutions in connection with Samples taken during 1914.
| No. | Sample. | Adulteration or Infringement. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter. | |||
| 377H | Vinegar | Added water 9.5 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 391H | Vinegar | Added water 22.7 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| 366H | Vinegar | Added water 17 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| 401S | Butter | Margarine 100 per cent | Fined £5 ; costs 17/6 |
| 376S | Vinegar | Added water 25.7 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs, 15/6 |
| 384S | Milk | Added water 2.5 per cent | Fined £1 ; costs 17/6 |
| 383S | Milk | Added water 3.8 per cent. | Fined £2 ; costs 17/6 |
| 404H | Milk | Added water 12.2 per cent. | Dismissed. Costs given against servant £1 17s. 6d. |
| 417H | Vinegar | Added water 11 per cent. | Fined 2/6; costs 15/6 [mons, 2/- |
| 407S | Vinegar | Added water 42 per cent. | Ordered to pay the cost of sum- |
| 428H | Vinegar | Added water 20 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 447H | Butter | Margarine 100 per cent | Fined £25 ; costs £1 10s. 0d. |
| 431S | Milk | Added water 7.1 per cent. | Summons withdrawn |
| 447S | Milk | Added water 6 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 476S | Butter | Contained 17.6 per cent. of water | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 495S | Butter | Margarine 100 per cent. | Fined £7 10s. 0d.; costs 17/6 |
| 366H | Vinegar | False warranty | Dismissed |
| 391H | Vinegar | False warranty | Fined £1; costs £2 8s. 6d. |
| 498S | Vinegar | Added water 27.3 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 491S | Vinegar | Added water 26 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 487S | Vinegar | Added water 13.2 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 502S | Milk | Deficient in fat 5.7 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 498H | Margarine | Bulk not marked | Fined 2/6 ; costs 15/6 |
| 508H | Margarine | Bulk not marked | Fined 2/6 ; costs 15/6 |
| 511H | Separated Milk | Added water 20.46 per cent. | Defendant did not appear. Warrant issued. |
| Second Quarter. | |||
| 565H | Margarine | Unmarked wrapper | Fined £1; costs 15/6 |
| 563H | Margarine | Bulk not marked | Fined the costs 15/6 |
| 528H | Butter | Margarine, 100 per cent. | Fined £2 ; costs 17/6 |
| 549S | Milk | Deficient in fat 36.3 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 582H | Vinegar | Added water 26.5 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 585H | Pepper | Contained foreign starch not less than 70 per cent. Lead chromate not less than 0.2 per cent. | Ordered to pay the cost of summons, 2/- |
| 601H | Vinegar | Added water 7 per cent | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 447S | Milk | False warranty | Fined £5 ; costs £3 19s. 6d. |
| 10H | Milk | Deficient in fat 6.3 per cent. | Fined 10/-; costs 13/- |
| 2S | Milk | Added water 10.7 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 36H | Milk | Deficient in fat 9 per cent. | Fined 10/- ; costs 15/6 |
| 26H | Milk | Added water 3.4 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 50H | Milk | Deficient in fat 8.7 per cent. | Filled 1/-; costs, 15/6 |
| 37S | Milk | Deficient in fat 9.7 per cent. | Fined 1/-; costs 17/6 |
| Third Quarter. | |||
| 111H | Margarine | Bulk not marked | Fined 5/-; costs 15/6 |
| 70S | Milk | Deficient in fat 13 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 98S | Vinegar | Added water 17 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 72S | Milk | Deficient in fat 6 per cent. | Fined 5/-; costs 15/6 |
| 95S | Milk blended butter | Wrapper without approved name | Fined 5/- ; costs 15/6 |
| 118S | Vinegar | Added water 21.3 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 113S | Vinegar | Added water 5.5 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 127S | Milk | Deficient in fat 8 per cent. | Fined 5/-; costs 15/6 |
| 141H | Butter | Margarine 100 per cent | Fined the costs 17/6 |
| 144S | Milk | Deficient in fat 10.3 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 145S | Milk | Deficient in fat 10.3 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 149S | Milk | Deficient in fat 6.3 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 151S | Milk | Deficient in fat 12 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 185H | Vinegar | Added water 16.7 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 168S | Milk | Deficient in fat 12.3 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 186H | Vinegar | Added water 19 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 163H | Vinegar | Added water 10 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 15/6 |
| 98S | Vinegar | False warranty | Dismissed. |
| 196H | Milk | Added water 4.5 per cent. | Ordered to pay the costs 19/6 |
| 211H | Milk | Added water 14 per cent. | Fined £1 ; costs 15/6 |
| 154S | Milk | Added water 3.5 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 230H | Milk | Deficient in fat 47 per cent. | Fined £1 10s. 0d.; costs 14/6 |