Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Preservatives.
There were 11 contraventions of the Preservatives Regulations.
Other samples examined during the yeair were : —
Twenty.five samples of Rag Flock, 5 of which were not
up to standard quality of cleanliness.
One Well Water, one Bath Water and one Creosote Oil.
Albert E. Parkes. f.i.c.
FOOD. AJNTI) DEUGS.
Legal Proceedings, 1931.
Sample
No,
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act.
12.1.31
636
Selling Raspberry Jam containing other
fruit jam than Raspberry to extent
of 75°/o
Fine £5 :
Costs £2 2s. Od.
13.2.31
637
Selling Vinegar 42«/o deficient in acetic
acid
Fine £8 :
Costs £5 5s. Od.
6.2.31
635
Selling Butter containing 5 1°/o excess
of water
Adjourned
sine die.
6.2.31
657
Selling Butter containing 3°/o excess
of water
Do.
6.2.31
—
Consigning Butter containing more than
16% water to A.S.
Dismissed on
legal point.
62.31
-
Consigning Butter containing more than
16«/o water to A.M.
Do.
9.2.31
666
Selling Milk containing 15°/o added
water
Fine £2 :
Costs £8 8s. Od.
9.2.31
689
Selling Milk containing 17°/o added
water
Fine £20 :
Costs £7 7s. Od.
2 3.31
8
Selling Vinegar 7J°/o deficient in acetic
acid
No Fine :
Costs £1 3s. Od.
30.331
18
Selling Strawberry Jam 64»/o deficient
in strawberries
Dismissed :
Warranty proved
as against
Wholesaler.
23.3.31
78
Delivering Milk, in pursuance of contract,
30«/o deficient in fat
Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in
Food) Regulations
No Fine :
Costs £3 3s. Od.
7.5.31
89
Selling Strawberry Jam containing 50
parts per million excess of SO!
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act.
Dismissed :
Warranty proved.
2.4.31
113
Selling Vinegar 7 \r>o/0 deficient in acetic
acid
Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in
Food) Regulations
Fine 5/. :
Costs £1 3s. Od.
7.5 31
—
Selling Strawberry Jam containing 50
parts per million excess of SO2
Adjourned
sine die.