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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. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Brought forward | 17 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 29 Jan. | A parcel of margarine exposed for sale by retail which did not have attached to it in such manner as to be clearly visible a label marked in printed capital letters not less than 1½ inches square, the word "Margarine." Sample was purchased as butter and found adulterated with 76.6 per cent, of foreign fat* See page 145. | 21 Feb. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 Jan. | Butter adulterated with 62.6 per cent, foreign fat | 28 Feb. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 Feb. | Butter adulterated with 76.7 per cent. foreign fat. | 17 Mar. (including costs) | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 Feb. | Same defendant as in above summoned for exposing a parcel of Margarine for sale by retail which did not have attached to it in such a manner as to be clearly visible a label marked in printed capital letters not less than 1½ inches square "Margarine" Withdrawn. | 17 Mar. | ||||||
| 3 Mar. | A parcel of Margarine purchased as butter and found adulterated with 75.4 per cent, foreign fat exposed for sale by retail which did not have attached to it in such a manner as to be clearly visible a label marked in printed capital letters not less than 1½ inches square "Margarine"** See page 145. Adjourned; 13 April withdrawn | 7 April | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| 3 Mar. | Defendant in same case as above summoned for unlawfully describing Margarine in | |||||||
| Carried forward | 22 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 0 | ||