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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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| St. Anne | E. Owen, 5, Bateman Street | Do. do. | Selling margarine, with 78 per cent. of foreign fat. | Fined £2 and 12s.6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Rowland Evans, 62, Charing Cross Road. | Do. do. | Selling coffee containing 85 per cent. of chicory. | Handed to Inspector in apaper, on which was printed:— "This is sold as a mixture of chicory and coffee. " The printed matter was covered in the folding of the wrapper, and not visible to the purchaser. The Magistrate convicted the defendant. Fined £4 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| St. Anne | Carter and Son, 50, Old Compton Street. | Do. do. | Selling mustard containing 30 per cent. wheat flour covered with turmeric. | Fined £3 and 12s.6d. costs. |
| Great Marlborough | Taylor and Son, 16, Dorset Street, Portman Square. | Do. do. | Selling milk with 16 per cent. fat abstracted. | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
| Charing Cross | Stephen May, 4, York Place | Bow Street (Mr. Fenwick.) | Selling mustard with 7 per cent. wheat flour. | Fined £3 and 12s.6d. costs. |
| Strand . | John Margin, 13, Drury Court. | Bow Street (Mr. Marsliam) | Selling butter containing 25 per cent, of margarine | Fined £10 and 14s. 6d. costs (second offence). |
| St. Anne | H. Hams, 23, Meard Street, Soho | Great Marlborough Street.. (Mr. Kennedy) | Selling milk with 26 per cent, of fat extracted | Fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| St. John | A. Newland, 25, Vincent Street | Westminster.. (Mr. Horace Smith) | Selling separated milk to which 0.04899 per cent., or 62.09 grains per gallon, of boric acid had been added | Fined 10s. and 14s.6d. costs. |
| St. Margaret | F. Gillett, 19, Tachbrook Street | Do. ,do. | Selling coffee adulturated with 90 per cent. of chicory | The magistrate held that the label was sufficiently disclosed, and stated that he dismissed the case with regret. |
| Great. Marlborough | Morris Weiner, 9, Poland Street | Great Marlborough Street. (Mr. Plowden) | Selling ground cinnamon containing 8 per cent. of extraneous mineral matter | Fined 10s. and 12s.6d. costs. |
| Great Marlborough | Elizabeth Cohen, 49, Brewer Street | Do. do. | Selling whisky 5 per cent. under legal limit | Fined 10s. and 14s.6d. costs. |
| Pall Mall | Letitia Maud Purdy, 16, Duke Street, St. James | Do. do. | Selling gin 4 per cent. under legal limit | Fined 10s. and 14st6d. costs. |