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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Sample Procured (date). | Adulteration, &c. | Summons heard, (date) | Costs. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908. | 1908. | £ | s. | d. | £ | 8. | d. | |
| Brought forward | ... | 8 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 Aug. | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 8 2 per cent. | 21 Sept. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 Oct. | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 4 7 per cent. | 3 Nov. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T Nov. | Milk from which 6-6 per cent, of its fat had been abstracted. (Itinerant vendor) | 4 Dec. | ||||||
| Adjourned, 3rd portion to Somerset House | 18 Dec. | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 22 Nov. | Milk deficient in solids not fat to the extent of 11.2 per cent. (Itinerant vendor) Adjourned 14 Jan. 1909. Third portion to Somerset House. | 17 Dec. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 Nov. | Milk from which at least 26'6 per cent, of its fat had been abstracted. (Same sample as above). Adjourned 14th Jan. 1909 | 17 Dec. 1909. | ||||||
| 19 Dec. | Milk from which 13 per cent, of its fat had been abstracted ... | 19 Jan. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 Dec. | Milk from which 46 6 per cent, of its fat had been abstracted. (Itinerant vendor) | 19 Jan. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Butter and Margarine. | ||||||||
| 1908. | ||||||||
| 22 Jan. | Margarine, the fat of which contained more than 10 per cent, of butter, i.e., 57'1 per cent. | 21 Feb. | ||||||
| Adjourned, 3rd portion to Somerset House ... Difference between analyses, Council paid £2 13s. 6d. costs. | and 17 Mar. | |||||||
| Carried forward | 17 1 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 0 | ||