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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 1907

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

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summary of legal proceedings.

Table: SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1907.Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1899.

SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1907.

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

Fines.Costs.
£s.d.£s.d.
(1)Butter80% foreign fat5000126
Milk8% fat abstracted01000146
,,13% added waterDismissed : warranty proved.
,,7% fat abstracted,, ,,
,,• 5% added water,, ,,
,,8% ,,3000146
,,9% ,,–024
,,11% ,,01000186
,,9% „ and 22% fat abstracted01000126
,,14% fat abstracted01000126
,,22% „1000146
,,10% „1000126
,,12% added water01000140
,,9% ,,0100126
,,13% ,,0100126
,,14% ,,0100126
,,10% ,,0100126
,,10% ,,0100126
,,9% fat abstractedDismissed : warranty proved.
(2),,7% ,,Withdrawn : warranty proved.
,,22% „Withdrawn on payment of110
,,8% ,,2000126
,,14% „ and 3% added waterDismissed : warranty proved.
,,18% fat abstracted01000126
,,10% added water01000126
,,13% fat abstracted0500126
(3),,12% ,,1000126
,,8½% ,,01000126
(4),,12% ,,Dismissed : warranty proved.

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Cases against the same Defendant are bracketed together.
NOTES.
(1) Defendant fined £2 with 12/6 costs on the 31st March, 1905, for selling butter containing 89% of
foreign fat.
(2) Defendant fined £2 with 12/6 costs, on the 6th December, 1901, for selling milk 17% deficient
in fat.
„ £10 12/6 „ 21st March, 1902, for selling milk 16% deficient
in fat.
(3) A summons heard on the 25th August, 1905, for selling milk 23% deficient in fat, was dismissed
on production of a warranty.
(4) Defendant fined £2 with 2/- costs on the 19th May, 1894, for selling milk containing 17% of
added water.
„ £3 12/6 „ 16th February, 1899, for selling milk containing 17% of
added water.
„ £3 12/6 „ 8th March, 1901, for selling milk containing 12% of
added water.
„ £3 23/- ,, 1st August, 1902, for refusing to supply sample.
,, £10 12/6 „ 23rd January, 1903, for selling milk containing 12% of
added water.
„ £10 12/6 ,, 7th August, 1903, for selling milk containing 7% of
added water.
,, £5 12/6 ,, 15th June, 1906, for selling milk 16% deficient in fat.
Summonses heard on the 1st January and 5th February, 1904, for selling milk containing added water,.
were dismissed upon warranties being proved by the defendant.