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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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In 54 samples of Butter, out of a total of 115 samples, preservatives
were found as under:—Boric Acid 0.25%; 0.l%; 0.3%;
0.1%; 0.18%; 0.1%; 0.4%; 0.28%; 0.3l%; 0.08%; 0.37%; 0.25%;
0.1%; 0.27%; 0.25%; 0.39%; 0.06%; 0.12%; 0.18%; 0.16%; 0.3%;
0.4%; 0.58%; 0.122%; 0.25%; 0.l8%; 0.2%; 0.18%; 0.18%; 0.16%;
0.29%; 0.1%; 0.2%; 0.33%; 0.07%; 0.3%; 0.21%; 0.39%; 0.42%;
0.15%; 0.25%; 0.6%; 0.13%; 0.14%; 0.28%; 0.25%; 0.25%; 0.3%;
0.21%; 0.12%; 0.18%; 0.25%; 0.28%; 0.08%.
The results of legal proceedings were as follows:— Milk.
| Sample Procured. | Adulteration, etc. | Summons Heard. | Costs. | Penalties. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | 1905. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Jan. 8 | Milk sold from a can which did not have vendor's address conspicuously inscribed thereon | Feb. 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jan. 8 | Milk deficient in (*a) solids not fat to the extent of 10.6 per cent. | Feb. 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan. 8 | Milk deficient in (*b) solids not fat to the extent of 10.6 per cent. | Feb. 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar. 31 | Milk from which 6.7 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | May 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Apl. 6 | Milk from which at least 60 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | (May 12, adjourned to May 26) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| May 25 | Milk from which 20 per cent, of its fat had been abstracted .. | July 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| June 30 | Milk from which 16.7 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | July 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
(*a) Owner.
(* b) Servant.