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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
Fulham 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1923
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| Defendant. | Offence. | Result. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Ponton Dairies, Ltd., 23, High Street, Grantham | Selling milk adulterated with 7 per cent, of added water | Ordered to pay costs. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| — | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Do. do. | Selling milk adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water | Ordered to pay costs | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Edward Chipperfield, 44, Burmestcr Road, Tooting | Selling milk adulterated with 7 per cent, of added water | Withdrawn. Summons against employers dealt with | — | — | ||||
| Do. do. | Selling milk adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water | Withdrawn. Summons against employers dealt with. | — | — | ||||
| Mary Davies, 151, Fulham Palace Road, S.W. 6 | Selling cream containing 20 grains boric acid per lb. of cream | Withdrawn | — | — | ||||
| Do. do. | Unlawfully delivering pre-served cream in a recep-tacle not properly labelled | Ordered to pay costs | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Do. do. | Unlawfully depositing for sale preserved cream in a recep-tacle not properly labelled | Ordered to pay costs | — | I | 1 | 0 | ||
| Great Ponton Dairies, Ltd., 23, High Street, Grantham | Selling milk adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water | Convicted | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| Do. do. | Selling milk adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water | Dismissed on pay-ment of costs | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Birkbeck, 16, Car-doza Road, Holloway | Selling milk adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water | Withdrawn | — | — | ||||
| Do. do. | Selling milk adulterated with 3 per cent, of added water | Withdrawn | — | — | ||||
General Sanitary Administration.
Bacteriological Work.—The following bacteriological
examinations were made during 1923, either at the
Borough Bacteriological Laboratory or by the Clinical
Research Association of Watergate House, Adelphi.
The bulk of the work is done at the Borough Laboratory,
but specimens may be sent by doctors to the
Clinical Research Association when the Borough Laboratory
is closed, e.g., on Sundays and public holidays :—
Material from cases of suspected diphtheria—
| Diphtheria bacillus isolated | 78 | |
| Negative result | 667 | |
| 745 |