London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Victoria | June 19 | Do. do. | Maurice Smith, 27, Gillingham Street. | Selling rum containing 28.85 per cent. of water, being 3.85 below the legal limit. | Fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Strand | June 21 | Bow Street (Mr. De Rutzen.) | Howard Kowin, 35, Wych Street. | Selling margarine as butter | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Strand | June 21 | Do. do. | Henry Meakin, 20, Houghton Street. | Selling margarine not labelled as such. | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| St. John | July 3 | Westminster (Mr. Francis.) | R. H. Rees, 8 Strutton Ground. | Selling cheese containing 35 per cent. of fat, of which not more than 3 per cent. was butter fat. | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Victoria | July 16 | Westminster (Mr. Shiel.) | Ruben Spurr, 2, Effingham Street, S.W. | Selling butter adulterated with 92 per cent. of margarine. | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Victoria | July 16 | Do. do. | John W. Wiltshire, 5, Westmoreland Street. | Selling butter adulterated with 90 per cent. of margarine. | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Strand | July 19 | Bow Street (Mr. De Rutzen.) | J. Morgan, 13, Drury Court. | Selling butter adulterated with 20 per cent, of margarine. | Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Aug. 12 | Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Denman.) | J. E. Price, 91, Cleveland Street, St. Pan-cras. | Selling milk adulterated with 7 per cent. of added water. | Defendant relied on warranty. Notice not given in time. Costs asked for and allowed, 12s. 6d. |
| St. Anne | Aug. 12 | Do. do. ♦ | Philip Townsend, 26, Frith Street. | Selling milk adulterated with 12 per cent. of added water. | Defendant produced certificate by his own analyst, stating sample to be pure: third portion sent to Somerset House. Mr. Cribb's (the Council's analyst) analysis confirmed, and defendant fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Aug. 12 | Do. do. | Hannah Foakes, 8, Great Chapel Street. | Selling milk from which 15 per cent. of fat had been abstracted. | Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Aug. 12 | Do. do. | D. Jones, 2, Upper Rathbone Place, St. Paneras. | Selling milk adulterated with 12 per cent. of added water. | Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
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