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 Hampstead Borough]
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The following tables show the formal and informal samples found to be adulterated, etc., the nature of adulteration or other irregularity and the action taken :—
No. of Sample. | Article. | Analyst's Report. | Action taken. |
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10 | Butter | Contained excessive proportion of water. | Cautioned. |
102 | Butter | Contained excess of water | Cautioned. |
149 | Bread and Butter | Bread and a mixture of butter and margarine. | Summons dismissed. Probation of Offenders Act. Costs 15s. |
502 | Bread and Butter | Bread and a mixture of butter and margarine. | Summons dismissed. Probation of Offenders Act. £1 costs. |
540 | Butter and Margarine mixture | (1) Failure to register margarine factory. (2) Selling margarine in plain wrapper. (3) Section 11 of the Act limit of water is 16 per cent.; Section 6, margarine may not contain more than 10 per cent. butter fat. | Summons (1) Dismissed. Summons (2) Dismissed. Probation of Offenders Act. Costs 10s. 6d. Summons (3) Dismissed. Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £1 Is. |
13 | Barbados Sugar | Sulphur Dioxide 13 parts, per million; Tin 1.8 grains per pound. | No action. |
32 | Barbados Sugar | Tin 2 grains per pound | Cautioned. |
488 | Barbados Sugar | Tin 27 grains per pound | Fined £2. Costs £24. |
562 | Barbados Sugar | Tin 1.5 grain per pound; Sulphur Dioxide 20 parts per million. | Cautioned. Withdrawn from sale. |
335 | Milk | Deficient in non fatty solids 3.3 per cent. | Cautioned. |
16 | Sausages | Contained undeclared preservative Sulphur Dioxide 250 parts per million. | Fined £1. Costs £1 11s. 6d. |
86 | Sausages | Contained 026 per cent. Boric acid. | Cautioned. |
27 | Cream Cheese | Not cream cheese. Made from skimmed milk; 1.3 per cent. deficient in fat. | Fined £1. Costs £1 11s. 6d. |