Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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List of Prosecutions —(continued).
Ward and Inspector. | Date of Hearing. | Court and Magistrate. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
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St. Anne | Nov. 6 | Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Denman.) | A. Harris, 18, Meard's Street. | Selling butter containing 27.28 per cent. of water. | Withdrawn. |
Great Marlborough | Nov. 6 | Do. do. | Peter Blumenthai | Selling butter containing 25.70 per cent. of water. | Withdrawn. |
Victoria | Dec. 11 | Westminster (Mr. Shiel.) | Eli Fry, 11, Ebury Street | Selling butter adulterated with 80.5 per cent. foreign fat. | Fined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs. |
Knightsbridge St. George. | Dec. 11 | Do. do. | Thomas Griffiths, 63, Kinnerton Street. | Selling butter adulterated with 82.2 per cent. foreign fat. | Fined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs |
Great Marlborough | Dec. 12 | Great Marlborough Street. (Mr. Kennedy.) | Ridgways (Limited), 443, Oxford Street. | Cocoa—30 per cent. sugar, 32 per cent. starch. | Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
Victoria | Dec. 13 | Westminster (Mr. Shiel.) | Grosvenor Dairies Company, 2, Claverton Street. | Selling milk 6 per cent. water adulteration. | Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
Victoria | Dec. 13 | Do. do. | A.B.c., 344, Wilson Road. | Selling milk 12 per cent. fat abstracted. | Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn. |
Victoria | Dec. 13 | Do. do. | Charles Topham, 2, Vincent Street. | Selling milk 8 per cent. added water. | Fined £3 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
Victoria | Dec. 13 | Do. do. | William Buddell, 46, Churton Street. | Selling precipitated sulphur containing 4313 per cent. sulphate of lime. | Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
Covent Garden | Dec. 20 | Bow Street (Mr. De Rutzen.) | J. L. Davis, 62, Castle Street. | Selling milk 10 per cent. fat abstracted. | Fined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs. |