London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IY.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—The appended list gives the offences and results of summonses under these Acts during the past year:—
| Sample. | Extent of Adulteration. | Fine imposed. | Costs imposed. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||
| Butter | 100% Margarine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 87% Foreign Fat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 91% Do, | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 90% Do | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||
| Milk | 8% Cream deficient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 15% Do. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 18% Do. | Dismissed: | no costs. | |||||||||||||
| Do. | 12% Do. | |||||||||||||||
| Whisky | 9% of Water more than 25% under proof | No proceedings taken; ''Notice'' displayed in the bars. | ||||||||||||||
| Do. | 15% Do. do. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Milk | 23% Cream deficient | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 18% Do. | — | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Do. | 17% Do. | Vendor | absconded. | |||||||||||||
| Do. | 54% Added Water | Do. | Do. | |||||||||||||
| Effervescent Phosphate of Soda | 5/105of 1% of White Arsenic | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | ⅛ of 1% Oxide of Arsenic = 8¾ grs. of White Arsenic per lb. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | 80% Quinine Sulphate deficient | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 40% Do. do. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Milk | 10% Cream deficient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 13% Added Water | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Butter | 82°/0 Foreign Fat | Dismissed: no costs. | ||||||||||||||
| Milk | 14% Cream deficient | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 12% Added Water | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 8% Do | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 10% Cream deficient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 11% Added Water | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Butter | 80% Foreign Fat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 84% Do. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 81% Do. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 82% Do. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 81% Do. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Do. | 87% Do. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Do. | 88% Do. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Coffee | 60% Chicory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Butter | 45% Foreign Fat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bread and Butter Do. | 95% Margarine 95% Do. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | ||||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| Averages per Conviction | Fine | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Costs | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||