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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Sample Procured (date). 1910. | Adulteration, See. | Summons heard, (date) 1910. | Costs. | Penalty. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| Milk. | ||||||||
| 6 June | Milk deficient in fat 6'6 per cent. | 4 July | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 June | Milk deficient in fat and solids not fat 23.3 per cent, and 1.1 per cent. respectively | 15 July | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 Sept. | Milk deficient in solids not fat 15-9 per cent. (itinerant vendor, Sunday) | 3 Oct. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Sept. | Milk deficient in fat 5 per cent. (itinerant vendor) | 18 Oct. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Oct. | Milk deficient in fat 15.3 per cent. | 10 Nov. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 Dec. | Milk deficient in solids not fat 7.8 per cent. | 13/l/'ll | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Buttek. | ||||||||
| 19 May. | Butter adulterated with 82.3 per cent, foreign fat | 20 June | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lard. | ||||||||
| 3 June | Lard not of the nature, substance and quality demanded (consisted wholly of vegetable fat) Adjourned to | 30 June 7 July | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| £9 | 14 | 6 | £18 | 7 | 0 | |||
As more adulterated samples and samples under a different name are
mentioned in the Analyst's Report, the following remarks will explain
the apparent discrepancies and state the reasons why legal proceedings
were not instituted, viz.:—