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Bermondsey 1916
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1916
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Table VIII. — Prosecutions in connection with Samples taken
during 1916.
No.
Sample.
Adulteration or Infringment.
Remarks.
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FIRST QUARTER.
473H
Milk
Added water 6.6 per cent
Dismissed. Warranty proved
465H
Vinegar
Added water 50 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
494H
Milk
Added water 5.4 per cent
Dismissed. Warranty proved
505H
Vinegar
Added water 26.5 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
4 23s
Vinegar
Added water 10 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs, 17/6
SECOND QUARTER.
500s
SECOND QUARTER.
Added water 17.8 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
Butter
532s
Milk
Added water 8.7 per cent
Fined 10/-; costs, 13/6
4s
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 9 per cent.
Fined 10/-; costs, 13/6
Added water 6.7 per cent.
Fined 10/-; costs, 13/6
526s
Milk
29s
Dripp;ng
Added water 13.9 per cent.
Fined and costs, 15/6
Deficient in milk fat 7.30 per cent.
Fined 40/-; costs included
29s
Milk
43s
Milk
Deficient in Milk fat 4.7
Fined 40/-; costs included
37s
Milk
Added water 50 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
Dismissed. Warranty proved.
4 0s
Milk
Added water 3.9 per cent.
74H
Milk
Added water 2.3 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs, 13/6
Fined 20/-; costs, 13/6
52s
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 23 per cent.
Deficient in milk fat 7.7 per cent,
Fined the costs, 15/6
68s
Milk
62H
Margarine
Wrapper not marked
Fined 40/-; costs. 13/6
Butter
Added water 17.9 per cent,
Fined the costs, 15/6
62s
97H
Milk
Added water 1.9 per cent, deficient
in fat 9.3 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
THIRD QUARTER.
s
69s
Butter
Added water 1.7 per cent.
Dismissed Warranty proved
92s
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 8 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
93s
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 12 percent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
94s
Butter
Added water 3.9 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
97s
Vinegar
Added water 11.5 per cent.
Fined 5/-; costs, 13/6
111s
Milk
Added water 4.5 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
121
Milk
added water 3 per cent deficient
121s
Milk
in fat 15.7 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs, 10/6
126
Margarine
Wrapper not marked
Ordered to pay costs, 2/-
153s
Vinegar
Added water 17.5 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs, 10/-
119s
Milk
Added water 3.8 per cent. deficient
119s
Milk
in fat 7.3 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
136H
Butter
Added water 17.6 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs
157H
Milk
Added water 12.2 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved.
103s
Milk
Added water 2 per cent.
Fined 10/-; costs, 12/-
88s
Milk
Added water 2 Per cent.
Fined £10; costs, 15/6
190H
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 11.3 percent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved
191H
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 26.7 Per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved.
146s
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 7.3 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs, 15/-
FOURTH QUARTER.
183s
Milk
Added water 3.9 P er cent.
Fined 20/-; and costs 17/6
207s
Milk
Added water 12.5 P er cent.
Fined 20/-; and costs, 15/6
233H
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 20 per cent.
Dismissed. Warranty proved.
22 4 S
Vinegar
Added water 17.5 per cent.
Fined 20/-; and costs, 15/6
197s
Milk
Deficient in milk fat 16.7 P er cent
Fined 10/-; and costs, 15/6
239s
Milk
Added water 10.9 per cent.
Ordered to pay costs. 15/6
281H
Egg Powder
0.11 grs. per lb. in excess of arsenic
Fined 40/-; and costs, 13/6
I Added water 38 per cent.
Fined 20/-; and costs, 13/6
316H
Vinegar
Fined 10/-; and costs, 13/6
316H
Milk
Added water 15.9 per cent.
Summary.
£ s. d.
Fines 26 5 0
Costs 19 16 0
TOTAL £46 1 0
Table VIII.— Prosecutions in connection with Samples taken during 1916.
| No. | Sample. | Adulteration or Infringment. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST QUARTER. | |||
| 473H | Milk | Added water 6.6 per cent | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 465H | Vinegar | Added water 50 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 494H | Milk | Added water 5.4 per cent | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 505H | Vinegar | Added water 26.5 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 423s | Vinegar | Added water 10 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs, 17/6 |
| SECOND QUARTER. | |||
| 500s | Butter | SECOND QUARTER. Added water 17.8 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 532s | Milk | Added water 8.7 per cent | Fined 10/-; costs, 13/6 |
| 4s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 9 per cent. | Fined 10/-; costs, 13/6 |
| 526s | Milk | Added water 6.7 per cent. | Fined 10/-; costs, 13/6 |
| 29s | Dripp;ng | Added water 13.9 per cent. | Fined and costs, 15/6 |
| 29s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 7.30 per cent. | Fined 40/-; costs included |
| 43s | Milk | Deficient in Milk fat 4.7 | Fined 40/-; costs included |
| 37s | Milk | Added water 50 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 40s | Milk | Added water 3.9 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| 74H | Milk | Added water 2.3 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs, 13/6 |
| 52s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 23 per cent. | Fined 20/-; costs, 13/6 |
| 68s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 7.7 per cent, | Fined the costs, 15/6 |
| 62H | Margarine | Wrapper not marked | Fined 40/-; costs. 13/6 |
| 62s | Butter | Added water 17.9 per cent, | Fined the costs, 15/6 |
| 97H | Milk | Added water 1.9 per cent, deficient in fat 9.3 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| THIRD QUARTER. | |||
| 69s | Butter | Added water 1.7 per cent. | Dismissed Warranty proved |
| 92s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 8 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 93s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 12 percent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 94s | Butter | Added water 3.9 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 97s | Vinegar | Added water 11.5 per cent. | Fined 5/-; costs, 13/6 |
| 111s | Milk | Added water 4.5 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 121 | Milk | added water 3 per cent deficient | |
| 121s | Milk | in fat 15.7 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs, 10/6 |
| 126 | Margarine | Wrapper not marked | Ordered to pay costs, 2/- |
| 153s | Vinegar | Added water 17.5 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs, 10/- |
| 119s | Milk | Added water 3.8 per cent. deficient | |
| 119s | Milk | in fat 7.3 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 136H | Butter | Added water 17.6 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs |
| 157H | Milk | Added water 12.2 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| 103s | Milk | Added water 2 per cent. | Fined 10/-; costs, 12/- |
| 88s | Milk | Added water 2 Per cent. | Fined £10; costs, 15/6 |
| 190H | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 11.3 percent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved |
| 191H | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 26.7 Per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| 146s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 7.3 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs, 15/- |
| FOURTH QUARTER. | |||
| 183s | Milk | Added water 3.9 Per cent. | Fined 20/-; and costs 17/6 |
| 207s | Milk | Added water 12.5 Per cent. | Fined 20/-; and costs, 15/6 |
| 233H | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 20 per cent. | Dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| 224S | Vinegar | Added water 17.5 per cent. | Fined 20/-; and costs, 15/6 |
| 197s | Milk | Deficient in milk fat 16.7 Per cent | Fined 10/-; and costs, 15/6 |
| 239s | Milk | Added water 10.9 per cent. | Ordered to pay costs. 15/6 |
| 281H | Egg Powder | 0.11 grs. per lb. in excess of arsenic | Fined 40/-; and costs, 13/6 |
| 316H | Vinegar | I Added water 38 per cent. | Fined 20/-; and costs, 13/6 |
| 316H | Milk | Added water 15.9 per cent. | Fined 10/-; and costs, 13/6 |