London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Sample Procured (date). | Adulteration, &c. | Summon heard, (date) | Costs. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909. | 1909. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Brought forward | 25 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 Dec. | Butter containing 2.4 per cent. excessive water | 4 Jan. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 Dec, | Butter containing 3 per cent. excessive water | 21 Jan. | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| £25 | 15 | 6 | £70 | 10 | 0 | |||
As more adulterated samples 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:—
| Sample procured (date). | Adulteration, &c. | Letter of Caution forwarded to Vendor (date). |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Milk. | 1909 |
| 12 March | Milk deficient in fat to the extent of 6.6 per cent. | 24 March |
| 14 April | Milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 2.3 per cent. | 22 April |
| 10 September | Milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 2.3 per cent., indicating the presence of at least 2.3 per cent. added water. | 21 September |
| .0 August | Milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 3.5 per cent., indicating the presence of at least 3.5 per cent. added water. | 9 September |
| 14 December | Milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 3.5 per cent., indicating the presence of at least 3.5 per cent. added water. | 23 December |
| 18 October | Butter. Butter containing 1.3 per cent. excessive water | 26 October |
Preservatives in Butter.
Of the 132 samples of Butter 52 contained percentages of boric acid
as follow:—
0.5%; 0.25%; 0.3%; 0.5%; 0.4%; 0.3%; 0.1%; 0.3%; 0.3%;
0.2%, 0.25%; 0.2%; 0.5%; 0.25%; 0.5%; 0.5%; 0.5%; 0.4%; 0.5%;
0.4%; 0.4%; 0.4%; 0.4%; 0.1%; 0.5%; 0.5%; 0.5%; 0.25%; 0.5%;
0.5%; 0.4%; 0.4%; 0.4%; 0.3%; 0.1%; 0.5%; 0.25%; 0.1%; 0.5%;
0.5%; 0.4%; 0.4%; 0.25%; 0.1%; 0.5%; 0.5%; 0.25%; 0.2%; 0.4%;
0.4%; 0.4%; 0.4%.