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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
Poplar 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| July 21st‡‡ | Margarine in wrapper not properly marked (see page 112) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sept. 20th* | Margarine containing 25 percent. butter fat (see page 113) Penalty and costs included below. | ||||||
| Sept. 26th | Margarine wrapper not properly marked | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct. 27th | Butter 79 4 foreign fat and 0'2 per cent. boric acid | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov. 18th | Butter adulterated with 65.5 per per cent. of foreign fat and containing 1.8 per cent. water in excess | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec. 9th | Butter adulterated with 79 8 per cent, of foreign fat and containing 0-15 per cent, boric acid | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Pepper. | |||||||
| Sept. 29th | Pepper 10 per cent, oatmeal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinegar. | |||||||
| Oct. 14th | Vinegar deficient in acetic acid 12 per cent. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dec. 16th | Malt Vinegar containing not more than 29% of malt vinegar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cocoa. | |||||||
| Nov. 18th | Cocoa adulterated with a mixture of 47% of arrowroot and sugar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| So that the total penalties obtained and costs given were:— | |||||||
| Costs.] | Penalties. | ||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
| Milk | 12 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 | |
| Butter | 1 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 0 | ||
| General | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |