Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1921
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ADMINISTRATIS E ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO ADULTERATED SAMPLES —continued.
Name of Article. 1 | Identification Number given to the Sample. 2 | Result of Analysis. 3 | Result of Legal Proceedings. 4 | Course adopted in cases where no legal proceedings were instituted. 5 | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. 6 | Remarks on any point of special interest. 7 |
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Raspberry Jam | „ 468 | Contained 6 per cent. of apple pulp. | ... | ... | 11th November, 1920. Vendor fined 20s. and costs 21s. for selling milk 16 per cent, deficient in fat. | Summons withdrawn on payment of 21s. costs. |
Sugar | „ 534 | Contained 3½ per cent. of sea sand. | Vendor fined £4. | ... | ... | ... |
Vinegar | „ 487 | Contained 49 per cent, of added water. | Vendor fined £5. | ... | ... | ... |
Milk | „ 537 | Contained a trace of vegetable colouring matter known as annatto. | Summons taken out under the Milk (England and Wales) Order, 1921. Vendor fined £2 2s. and costs £2 14s. 6d. | ... | 3rd May, 1917. Vendor fined £2 for selling milk 21 per cent. deficient in fat. | ... |
do. | „ 543 | Contained 7 per cent. less than the proper amount of fat. | Vendor fined £2 2s. and costs £1 1s. | ... | ... | ... |
do. | „ 568 | Contained 12 per cent. less than the proper amount of fat. | Vendor ordered to pay £6 6s. costs. | ... | ... | ... |
do. | „ 579 | Contained 28 per cent, less than the proper amount of fat. | Dismissed. | ... | 19th February, 1920. Vendor fined £2 and costs £1 1s. for selling milk containing 10 per cent, less than the proper amount of fat. 28th July, 1921. Ordered to pay £2 2s. costs for exposing for sale unlabelled margarine. | Warranty proved. |
Butter | „ 584 | Contained 1 percent, of water beyond the legal limit. | ... | Cautioned by order of the Public Health Committee. | ... | ... |
Vinegar | „ 615 | Contained 14 per cent. of added water. | Vendor fined £2. | ... | ... | ... |