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 1925]
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ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO ADULTERATED SAMPLES—continued.
Name of Article and Identification Number of Sample | Result of Analysis | Result of Legal Proceedings | (a) Action taken other than legal proceedings (b) Previous Convictions (if any) (c) Other Remarks |
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Milk 417 | 5% less than the proper amount of fat | Fined 20s. Costs 21s. | .. |
Do. 419 | 2½ % of added water | .. | (c) Vendor cautioned |
Do. 444 | 10% less than the proper amount of fat | Costs 21s. | .. |
Do. 520 | 17% of added water | Fined £10. Costs £5 5s. for selling to prejudice of purchaser. Summons in respect "adding water" dismissed. | .. |
Do. 584 | 18% less than the proper amount of fat | Case dismissed | .. |
Do. 585 | 5% Do. | Costs £2 2s. | (c) Same Vendor as Sample 100 |
Do. 620 | 5% Do. | .. | (c) Sample taken from cow |
Do. 634 | 4½% of added water | .. | (c) Do. |
Do. 635 | 5½% Do. | .. | (c) Do. |
Do. 637 | 7% less than the proper amount of fat | .. | (c) Do. |
Vinegar 644 | 24% of added water | Costs £1 1s. | .. |
Butter 653 | 78% of foreign fat | .. | (c) Conviction in respect of Margarine exposed for sale in unlabelled parcel |