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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Ward. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Court and Name of Magistrate. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | Charles Paine, 189, Ebury Street | Westminster (Mr. Sheil) | Selling coffee 15 per cent. chicory | Fined £5 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| St. John | Elizabeth Reeve, 110, Regency Street. | Do. do. | Selling coffee 10 per cent. chicory | Fined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs. |
| St. Pancras Station | Arthur W. Cave, Shottle, Derbyshire. | Clerkenwell (Mr. D'Eyncourt) | Consigned milk to Craven Yard, Westminster, 20 per cent. added water. | Summons dismissed. Magistrate held Inspector had no jurisdiction outside the district for which he is appointed. |
| St. Anne | Edward Owen, 5, Bateman Street | Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Selling milk 10 per cent. added water. | Fined £3 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Ernest Moroni, 12, Great Chapel Street. | Do. do. | Selling milk 7 per cent. added water. | Fined £1 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Philip Goldstein, 4, Old Compton Street. | Do. do. | Selling milk 16 per cent. added water. | Fined £4 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Alice Crockhart, 46, Gerrard Street | Do. do. | Selling milk 14 per cent. fat abstracted. | Fined £5 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| Victoria | Emily Gledhill, 17, Commercial Road. | Westminster (Mr. Sheil) | Selling milk 20 per cent. added water. | Fined £5 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| Victoria | Frost and Co., 105, Lupus Street . | Do. do. | Selling butter 83 per cent. of foreign fat. | Fined £5 and 14s.6d. costs. |
| St. John | William Hewitt, 6, Edward Street | Do. do. | Selling milk 12 per cent. added water. | Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn. |
| St. John | J. G. Hughes, 13, Regency Street | Do. do. | Selling golden syrup containing *15 per cent. of starch glucose. | Fined 20s. and 14s. 6d. costs. |
| Victoria | Herbert and Co., Victoria Station | Do. do. | Selling coffee 25 per cent. of chicory. | Summons dismissed. (Coffee served in tin labelled "Coffee |
| and chicory, " but handed to purchaser in plain wrapper. Magistrate held sufficient disclosure had been made.) | ||||
| Regent | John Gay, 85, Berwick Street ' | Great Marlborough Street . (Mr. Kennedy) | Selling milk, from which 16 per cent. of original fat had been abstracted. | Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn. |