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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 1924
Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924
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ACTION TAKEN WITH REGARD TO OFFENCES OTHER THAN ADULTERATION.
| Article. | No. of Sample. | Offence. | Result of Prosecution or Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarine | 11 | Exposing for sale unlabelled parcel of margarine. | Costs £1 1s. |
| Do. | 62 | Do. | – |
| Do. | 135 | Do. | Vendor cautioned. |
| Do. | 151 | Do. | Costs £1 1s. |
| Do. | 205 | Do. | Vendor cautioned. |
| Milk | 206 | Failing to have name and address conspicuously inscribed on milk receptacle. | Defendant failed to appear. |
| Margarine | 216 | Exposing for sale unlabelled parcel of margarine. | Fined 5s. |
| Do. | 229 | (a) Do. | ... |
| (b) Selling margarine by retail in plain wrapper. | Fined 7s. | ||
| Do. | 231 | Exposing for sale unlabelled parcel of margarine. | Fined 20s. |
| Do. | 241 | (a) Do. | Fined 5s. |
| (b) Selling margarine by retail in plain wrapper. | Fined 7s. 6d. | ||
| Do. | 248 | Do. | Costs 2s. 6d. |
| Do. | 336 | Exposing for sale unlabelled parcel of margarine. | Fined 40s. |
| Cream | 347 | No declaratory label as to presence of boric acid on receptacles. | Fined £20. Costs, £10 10s. |
| (a) in which deposited. | |||
| (b) in which delivered to purchaser. | |||
| Do. | 349 | No declaratory label as to presence of boric acid on receptacle in which delivered to purchaser. | – |