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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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| Sample Procured. | Adulteration, etc. | Summons Heard. | Costs. | Penalties. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | 1905. | £ | s. d | £ | 8. | d. | ||
| July 13 | Milk from which 30 per cent. of its fat has been abstracted .. | Aug. 17 | — | — | ||||
| Summons dismissed, no costs against Council. Magistrate of opinion milk purchased was as taken from cow. | ||||||||
| Nov. 5 | Milk from which 23 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | Dec. 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec. 22 | Milk deficient in solids not fat and fat to the extent of 33 and 23 per cent. respectively | 1906. Jan. 18 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mar. 9 | Butter adulterated with 17.6 per cent. foreign fat and 0.39 per cent. boric acid | 1905. (Apl. 14, adjourned to June 2) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Third portion sent to Somerset House. | ||||||||
| Mar. 30 | Butter adulterated with 87.2 per cent. foreign fat and containing 1.78 per cent. boric acid | Apl. 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar. 31 | Butter adulterated with at least 8.4 per cent. foreign fat | (May 2, adjourned to June 14) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Third portion sent to Somerset House. | ||||||||
| Apl. 6 | Butter adulterated with at least 13 per cent. foreign fat, and containing 1.6 per cent. excessive water and 0.42 percent. boric acid | (May 12, adjourned to July 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Third portion sent to Somerset House. | ||||||||
| Apl. 29 | Margarine (†) exposed for sale by retail without proper label See page 132. | June 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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