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Poplar 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Milk | 110 | Deficient in fat 24.6 per cent. | No conviction, but defendant ordered to pay 23s. costs | ... | January, 1902, re milk, summons dismissed. Sale not to prejudice of purchaser. | |
| Milk | 108 | Deficient in fat 18 per cent. | Dismissed, milk sold as supplied by the cow | 23rd July, 1902, re milk, summons withdrawn, 3rd portion burst bottle. | ||
| Milk | 678 | Adulterated with .007 per cent, formaldehyde | ... ... | ... | See letter of Town Clerk of 23rd Dec., 1913 Local Government Board | ... ... |
| Milk | 933 | Deficient in solids, not fat, 18.7 per cent. | Convicted, 40s. penalty, and 23s. costs | ... ... | ||
| Milk1 | 677 | Deficient in solids, not fat, according to Milk Regulations | ... ... | Letter of caution to vendor | ... ... | |
| Butter | 352 | Consisting wholly of foreign fat, namely Margarine | Convicted, 20s. penalty, and 23s. costs | ... | ||
| Milk | 126 | Deficient in fat and solids not fat, 17.3 per cent, and 1.1 per cent, respectively | Summons dismissed, milk sold as given by the cow. Magistrate stated that until the legislature enacted that standard of milk fat should be not less than 3 per cent, under any circumstances, and without qualification he could not convict if he was satisfied the milk had come direct from the cow and was therefore genuine. | |||
*Stated on analyst's certificate, "a t ample of genuine milk, although deficient in solids, not fat, according to the Milk
Regulations," and the solids, not fat, amounted to 8-3 (including 0.69 Ash), and the fat 6.1 per cent.