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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 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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80 summary of legal proceedings.
SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1904.

Table: Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1899.

Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1899.

Fine.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
Milk20% fat abstracted200...0120
„20% „500...330
„20% „Withdrawn. Copy of Analyst's Certificate not served.
„19% „100...0140
„18% „050...0126
„17% „......0106
„17% „1000...550
„ (1)17% „500...1110
„ (1)17% „100...0126
„15% „100...130
„ (4)14% „300...130
(2)13% „500...130
„ (3)12% „Dismissed: warranty proved.
„ (2)12% „300...130
„ (4)11% „300...150
„ (2)10% „500...130
„ (5)10% „100...0126
„ (5)8% „300...196
„24% „
„6% added water—...0126
„ (6)8% „
„ (6)6% „Dismissed : warranty proved.
„ (7)8% „do.
6%200130
6% „200110
Butter (8)84% foreign fat5000120
„84% „200130
„82% „2000120
„ (9)82% „550330
„ (10)78% „1000126
„(11)28% „11000126
Soda70% Glauber's Salts
„68% „
„51% „Summonses withdrawn.
„50% „
„43% „
„42%' „Dismissed: .£5 5s. costs against Council.
Gin10% below legal standardDismissed.. Dilution notice displayed. 23s. costs against Council.

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NOTES.
(1) The same defendant (two summonses).
(2) Do. (three summonses).
(3) Defendant fined £3 with 12/6 costs, on 17th January, 1897, for selling milk containing of
added water.
„ £2 12/6 „ 3rd June, 1897, for selling milk containing 7% of
added water.
„ £1 21/- „ 3rd June, 1897, for selling milk containing 6% of
added water.
„ £10 25/- „ 5th December, 1902, for selling milk lO% deficient in fat
A summons heard on the 25th April, 1902, was dismissed, the defendant proving a warranty.