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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 1902 | 15.4 |
| 1903 | 8.2 |
| 1904 | 7.2 |
| 1905 | 8.8 |
| 1906 | 7.0 |
| 1907 | 7.3 |
Legal Proceedings.
The results of the legal proceedings were as follow:— Milk.
| Sample Procured (date). | Adulteration, &c. | Summons heard, (date) | Costs. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907. | 1907. | £ | s | . d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 4 Feb. | Milk from which 6.7 per cent. and 1.2 per cent. respectively of its fat and solids not fat had been abstracted. (Itinerant vendor, Sunday) | 7 Mar. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 May | Skimmed Milk being unskimmed milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 17.6 per cent. (Itinerant vendor) | 31 May | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 May | Milk from which at least 33.3 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | 28 June | ||||||
| Adjourned sine die, 3rd portion to Somerset House. Summons re-heard | 20 Sept. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 June | Milk deficient in fat and solids not fat to the extent of 18.3 per cent. and 17.7 per cent. respectively | 12 July | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 June | Milk from which at least 16.7 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted. (Itinerant vendor, Sunday) | 9 July | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 June | Milk deficient in fat to the extent of 6.6 per cent. and 5.9 per cent. respectively of fat and solids not fat. (Itinerant vendor) | 19 July | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 Sept. | 17 Oct. | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| Carried forward | ... | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | |