[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 72

City of Westminster 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.Samples Purchased under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, together with the number found, Adulterated. Also list of Prosecutions, with the result of same;—

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Samples Purchased under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, together with the number found, Adulterated. Also list of Prosecutions, with the result of same;—

Number.	Articles of Food.	Number of Samples Purchased.	Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.)	Adulterated.	Prosecutions.	Convictions.	Warranty or Disclosure.	Fines.			Costs.
								£	s.	d.	£	S.	d.
i	Milk	741	503 (160)	78	46	26	20	52	5	0	14	19	6
2	Separated milk	6	6
3	Sterilized milk	7	4 (1)	2
4	Condensed milk	18	18
5	Ice cream	18	18
6	Butter	211	193 (16)	2
7	Margarine	71	66	5	4	4	-	2	0	0	2	10	0
8	Cheese (Dutch)	1	1
9	Lard	27	27
10	Coffee	79	77 (1)	1	1	1	-	2	0	0	0	14	6
11	,, and chieory	7	4	3
12	Chicory	20	19 (1)
13	Cocoa	83	78 (2)	3	2	2	-	2	10	0	1		0
14	,, mixture	1	1
15	Olive oil	45	42 (1)	2	2	1	-	2	0	0	0	14	6
16	Almond oil	17	15 (1)	1	1	1	-	5	0	0	0	12	6
17	Whisky	35	31 (2)	2	2	2	-	6	0	0	1	9	0
18	Brandy	23	12 (1)	10	4	4	-	18	0	0	2	10	0
19	Claret	9	9
20	Port	9	9
21	Cowslip wine	1	1
22	Raisin wine	6	6
23	Ginger wine	7	6	1
24	Orange wine	10	10
25	Syrup of citron	1	1
26	Beer	53	53
27	Lager beer	9	9
28	Lime juice	8	8
29	Soda water	8	4	4
30	Potash water	4	4
31	Seltzer water	1	1
32	Lemonade	5	5
33	Arrowroot	9	9
34	Dough	21	21
35	Oatmeal	8	8
36	Demerara sugar	19	10 (5)	4	1	1	-	2	0	0	0	12	6
37	Pepper	21	21
38	Mustard	10	10
39	Jam	25	24	1
40	Meat extract	26	26
41	Sausages	5	1	4
42	Tinned peas	14	4	10	1	1	-	5	0	0	3	3	0
43	„ beans	11	2	9	1	1	-	4	0	0	1	0	0
44	„ asparagus	1	1
45	Chlorodyne lozenges	8	8
46	Cream of tartar	10	9 (1)
47	Glycerine	28	27	1
48	Cod liver oil	43	40 (3)
	Totals	1,800	1,462 (195)	113	65	44	20	100	l5	0	29	12	6