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Paddington 1905

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

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86 SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Table: SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1899.

SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1899.

Fine.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
Milk15% added water and 20% fat abstracted.........220
,,19% „ 22%.........0126
,,22% ,,.........0126
,,18% „100130
(1)„13% ,,3000126
„13% „2000126
.,,17% „.........0126
,,10% „Dismissed; warranty proved.
„21% fat abstracted2000146
„10% „.........020
,,9% „.........020
,,36%Summons withdrawn.220
,,... ... ...23% „Dismissed: warranty proved.
,,23% „.........140
,,20% „3000126
,,18% „2000126
(2)„17% „Dismissed; warranty proved.
,,14% „Do. do.
,,32% „400010100
,,12% „Dismissed: warranty proved.
,,11% „1000126
,,7% „2000156
,,10% „0500146
,,5% „01000126
(3),,9% „Dismissed; warranty proved.
,,10% „Do. do.
(4)23% „Summons dismissed.
,,15% „Summons withdrawn.
(5),,9% „Dismissed; warranty proved.
Butter85½% foreign fat10000126
,,81½% „2000126
,,89%2000126
,,19% „01000150
(6),,81% „20000126
,,82% ,,01000126
,,78% „2000126
Coffee30% chicory2000126
,,50% „0500126
Cases against the same Defendant are bracketed together.

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NOTES.
(i) Defendant fined £1 with 12/6 costs, on 1st November, 1901, for selling butter containing 77% of
foreign fat.
,, £3 12/6 „ 4th July, 1902, for selling milk containing 38% of added
water.
2) „ £3 12/6 „ 17th January, 1897, for selling milk containing 5% 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 10% deficient in fat.
A summons heard on the 25th April, 1902, was dismissed, the defendant proving a warranty.
Summonses heard on 25th April, 1902, and 11th March, 1901, were dismissed, the defendant
proving a warranty in each case.