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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Legal Proceedings.
The results of the legal proceedings were as follow:—
| Sample Procured (date). 1909. | Adulteration, &c. Milk. | Summons heard, (date) 1909. | Costs. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | 3. | d. | |||
| 15 Jan. | Milk (procured from an itinerant vendor) from which 16 6 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | 9 Feb. | - | - | ||||
| Adjourned, 9 Mar., third portion to Somerset House | 9 Mar. | |||||||
| Further adjourned to 15 Mar. | 15 Mar. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 Jan. | Milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 10.5 per cent., indicating the presence of at least 10.5 per cent. of added water. (Same sample as above.) | |||||||
| 18 Feb. | Milk (procured from an itinerant vendor) deficient in fat and solids-not-fat to the extent of 20 per cent. and 3.5 per cent. respectively | 18 Mar. | ||||||
| Adjourned to 23 Mar. This firm previously convicted in case brought by Stepney Borough Council on same day for like offence and heavily fined. | 23 Mar. | 5 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| 12 Feb. | Milk (procured from an itinerant vendor) from which 6.6 per cent. of its fat had been abstracted | 23 Mar. | - | - | ||||
| Dismissed, warranty proved. | ||||||||
| 28 Feb. (Sunday) | Milk deficient in fat to the extent of 10 per cent | 30 Mar. | _ | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 Mar. (Sunday) | Milk (procured from an itinerant vendor) deficient in fat to the extent of 36 6 per cent. | 22 April | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| Dismissed, defendants being ordered to pay the costs. | ||||||||
| Carried forward | 8 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||