[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 79

City of Westminster 1904

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Table: Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

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Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Ward.	Date of Hearing.	Court and Magistrate.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.	Result.
1	2	3	4	5	6
Milk.	1904.
Victoria	15th Jan.	Westminster (Mr. Sheil)	G. E. Hancock, 87, Ebury Street	Selling milk containing 11 per cent. of added water	Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn.
Covent Garden	23rd Dec., adjourned to 20th Jan.	Bow Street (Sir A. de Rutzen)	W. A. Hale, Drury Lane House, Drury Lane	Selling milk containing 7 per cent. of added water	Sample sent to Somerset House by request of defendant. Council's analyst's certificate confirmed by Somerset House. Fined £5 and 14s. 6d. costs.
St. Anne	11th Feb	Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)	Jane Eckert, 7, Bear Street ..	Selling milk with 25 per cent. of its fat abstracted	Defendant produced a warranty. Magistrate was satisfied, but no notice having been given of defence he imposed costs, viz., 12s. 6d.
Regent.	11th Feb	Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)	Callard, Steward and Watts, Ltd. 176, Piccadilly	Selling milk with 30 per cent. of its fat abstracted	Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs.
St. Anne	25th Feb	Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)	Morris Moses Tagker, 38, Drummond Street, Euston Road	Selling milk from vehicle and can on which the name and address of vendor was not conspicuously inscribed	Fined 5s. and 2s. costs.
St. John	26th Feb	Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith)	Joshua Janes, 28, Ponsonby Place	Selling milk from which 12.6 per cent. of fat had been abstracted	Defendant relied on a warranty, and was defended by Mr. Ricketts. Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn.
Strand	23rd Mar	Bow Street (Sir A. de Rutzen)	Richard Ponsford, 50, Stanhope Street, W.C.	Selling milk having 15 per cent. of its fat abstracted	Fined £2 and 14s. 6d. costs.
St. Margaret.	24th Mar	Great Marlborough Street (Mr. Plowden)	Hannah Foakes, 8, Great Chapel Street	Selling milk having 6 per cent. of its fat abstracted	Warranty proved. Summons withdrawn.
Victoria	8th April	Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith)	Ellen Loveday, 7, Aylesford Street	Selling milk having 10 per cent. of its fat abstracted	Fined 10s. and 14s. 6d. costs.