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Bethnal Green 1925

[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 SampleResult of AnalysisResult of Legal Proceedings(a) Action taken other than legal proceedings (b) Previous Convictions (if any) (c) Other Remarks
Milk 4175% less than the proper amount of fatFined 20s. Costs 21s...
Do. 4192½ % of added water..(c) Vendor cautioned
Do. 44410% less than the proper amount of fatCosts 21s...
Do. 52017% of added waterFined £10. Costs £5 5s. for selling to prejudice of purchaser. Summons in respect "adding water" dismissed...
Do. 58418% less than the proper amount of fatCase dismissed..
Do. 5855% Do.Costs £2 2s.(c) Same Vendor as Sample 100
Do. 6205% Do...(c) Sample taken from cow
Do. 6344½% of added water..(c) Do.
Do. 6355½% Do...(c) Do.
Do. 6377% less than the proper amount of fat..(c) Do.
Vinegar 64424% of added waterCosts £1 1s...
Butter 65378% of foreign fat..(c) Conviction in respect of Margarine exposed for sale in unlabelled parcel