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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
Southwark 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Legal Proceedings:-
Public Health Acta etc.
Defendant
Cause of Proceedings
Result
C. Wilson-Sears,
Montague Close,
S.E.I.
Having in his possesion food, to
wit, Eire pressed meat, intended
for, but unfit for, human consumption.
Fined £50 &
15 guineas costs.
W. & D. Harvest, Depositing unsound food (Eire
King William St. Hse.pressed meat) at New Hibernia
Arthur Street,E.C.4.Cold Stores.
Fined £30 &
20 guineas costs.
Food & Drugs and Other Acts.
| Name and address of Defendant. | Sample | Offence or Result of Analysis | Result of Proceedings |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Orchard Co Ltd 4 Rockingham Street | Raspberry Jam | Selling Raspberry Jam 73% deficient in raspberries. | Fined £5 and £5.5s. costs. |
| English Orchard Co Ltd 4 Rockingham Street | Rasberry Jam | Selling Raspberry Jam 30 parts per million S02 in excess. | Fined £1 and £3.3s. costs. |
| F. W. Woolworth & Co. 1 New Bond Street,W.l. | Milk | Selling milk with added water to the extent of 22% | Fined £10 and £10.10s.Costs. |
| Benjamin Jeffers, 15 Fleming Road | Whisky | Selling whisky 43 degrees under proof. | Fined £15 and £5.5s. costs. |
| Butler, Secretary, Westminster Wine Co. 18 Sussex St. S.W.I. | Whisky | Selling whisky 43 degrees under proof. | Dismissed POA £5.5s. Costs. |
| James C. Cox, 26 Otto Street. | Milk | Selling milk with added water to the extent of 9% | Fined 10s and £l.ls. costs. |
| Henry Evans, 24 Burge Street. | Milk | : Selling milk with added water to the extent of 8.5% | Adjourned sine die. |
| Marks & Spencer Ltd. 82 Baker Street, W.l. | Lemonade Powder | Selling Lemonade Powder not of the nature, substance or quality damanded. | Withdrawn on pleading warranty. |
| Johnston & Son(London Ltd. 36,37,38 St. Botolph Lane,E.C.3 | Liquid Eg Substitute . | Liquid Egg Substitute" label attached falsely described said article. | Withdrawn on pleading warranty. |
| Francis Martin Samuel Winand, 67 Murray Rd.Wimbledon | "Teafusa" | "Teafusa" with label attached calculated to mislead. | Fined £10 & £5.5s. costs. |
| Palorit Ltd. (G. F. Biro & Co. ), 83 Scrubbs Lane N.W.10 | Liquid Eg Substitute. | "Liquid Egg Substitute" label attached falsely described said article. | |
| Olgo Biro, 2 Oakwood Avanue, Beckenham, Kent | 'Liquid Egg Substitute. | Liquid Egg Substitute" label attached falsely described said article. | |
| M. Saper Ltd. Argall Avenue, Lea Bridge Factory Est Leyton, E.10. | Lemonade Powder. | Selling lemonade powder not of nature, substance or quality demanded. | Fined £10 & £7.7s. costs. |