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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Sample Procured (date). | Adulteration, &c. | Summons heard, (date) | Costa. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1906 | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Brought forward | 10 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 19 Jan. | Butter containing at least 3.2 per cent. excess of water | 16 Feb. | 1 | . 3 | 0 | - | ||
| 25 Jan. | Butter containing 4 per cent. excessive water | 23 Feb. | 1 | .3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 April | Butter containing 88.4 per cent. of foreign fat and 0.18 per cent. of boric acid | 14 May | 1 | . 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 April | Margarine adulterated with 3.3 per cent. excessive water | 16 May | . 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 June | Butter adulterated with 86.l per cent. of foreign fat and containing .25 per cent. boric acid | 9 July | 1 | . 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 Aug. | Butter adulterated with 81 per cent. of foreign fat | 14 Sept | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| £17 | 11 | 0 | £34 | 11 | 0 | |||
As more adulterated samples, and samples under a different name,
are mentioned in the Analyst's Report, the following remarks will explain
the apparent discrepancies, and also state the reasons why legal proceedings
were not instituted :—
Milk.—Deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 2 per cent. Vendor
cautioned.
Milk.—Deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 3.5 per cent. The
sample was curdled when received, and the deficiency of solids
not fat may have been due to the decomposition thus indicated.
Milk.—Deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 3.5 per cent.
Vendor cautioned.
Milk.—Deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 5.8 per cent.
Vendor cautioned,
Butter.—Containing 1.7 per cent. excessive water. Vendor cautioned.
Butter.—Containing 14.5 per cent. of water and 03 per cent. of boric
acid. No summons applied for in consequence of the two
wrappers in which the sample of butter was served having
printed upon the same—"THIS IS THE CHOICEST
BUTTER BLENDED WITH PURE ENGLISH FULL