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Poplar 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Preservatives in Butter
Of the samples of Butter 36 contained percentages of boric acid as
follows :—
0.1%; 0.12%; 0.12%; 0.1%; 0.2%; 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.1%;
0.25%; 0.1%; 0.3%; 0.2%; 0.2%: 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.2%; 0.1%;
0.1%; 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.2%: 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.1%;
0.3%; 0.4%; 0.2%; 0.1%; 0.3%; 0.1%; 0.3%; 0.1%; 0.1%;
and 0.1%.
Preservatives in Margarine.
Of the samples of Margarine 15 contained percentages of boric acid
as follows :—
0.1%; 0.1%; 0.1%; 0.2%; 0.2%; 0.5%; 0.2%; 0.3%; 0.1%;
0.1% ; 0.2%; 0.3% ; 0.1% ; 0.1% ; and 0.2%.
Margarine Act, 1887, Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899,
and the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907.

Table: The following is the number of premises in each Sub-District of the Borough registered under the above-mentioned Acts, up to and including 31st December, 1911, viz. :—

The following is the number of premises in each Sub-District of the Borough registered under the above-mentioned Acts, up to and including 31st December, 1911, viz. :—

Sub-District.Margarine.Butter.
Wholesale Dealer.Manufacturer.Factory.Wholesale Dealer in Milk-blended.
Poplar...1......
Bromley3121
Bow6...12
Totals9233

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The above table includes premises registered for two purposes, as
follows :—
In Bromley the premises of one vendor are registered both for
the purposes of manufacturing and for the wholesale dealing in
margarine, and the premises of another vendor are registered for
the purposes of a wholesale dealer in margarine and milk-blended
butter.