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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 1903

[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.
RegentChas. Manzel, 6, Coventry StreetGreat Marlborough Street Mr. Kennedy)Selling peas coloured with 3.09 grains of sulphate of copper per lb.Fined £5 and 23s. cost .
Charing Cross Cocoa.Spencer, 24, Panton StreetGreat Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Selling peas coloured with 2.82 grains of sulphate of copper per lb.Fined £4 and 23s. costs.
RegentR. H. Bodilly, 19, Air StreetGreat Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Selling cocoa containing 40 per cent. of sugar, 27 per cent. of added starch, and 15 per cent. of red oxide of ironFined £3 and 12s. 6d, costs.
Coffee.
StrandP. Jansen, 4, Exeter Street, W.C.Bow Street (Mr. Marsham)Selling coffee containing 90 per cent. of chicory.Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
St. AnneC. W. Easey, 89, Shaftesbury AvenueGreat Marlborough Street Mr. Kennedy)Selling coffee containing 35 per cent. of chicoryFined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
St. JohnJessie Lee, 81, Ponsonby PlaceWestminster (Mr. Sheil)Selling coffee containing 90 per cent of chicoryFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
VictoriaAlbert Kent. 9, Aylesford StreetWestminster (Mr. Sheil)Selling coffee containing 50 per cent. of chicoryFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
St. AnneW. Penlove, 9, Meard StreetGreat Marlborough Street (Mr. Horace Smith)Selling coffee containing 60 per cent. of chicoryFined £1 and 14s. 6d. costs.
Whisky.
Charing CrossArthur C. C. Beach, St. Martin's StreetGreat Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Selling whisky 15 degrees below the legal limit of strengthFined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
St. MargaretD. H. S. Alldridge, 23, Great Chapel Street, S.W.Westminster (Mr. Sheil)Selling whisky containing 31.46 per cent. of added waterFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
Milk of Sulphur.
St. JohnLittlewood Bros., 102, London Road, S.E.Westminster (Mr. Sheil)Selling milk of sulphur containing 48.5 per cent. mineral matterFined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
St. JohnA. Fitzgerald, 47, Marsham StreetWestminster (Mr. Horace Smith)Selling milk of sulphur containing 46.4 per cent. of non-volatilizable mineral matterFined 5s. and 14s. 6d. costs.