Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| 5th January | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Thomas Francis, 23, Moreton Street | Selling butter which contained 81 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 19th January | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Thomas Francis, 23, Moreton Street | 82 per cent. of fat other than butter fat | Fined £5 and £2 2s. costs. |
| 26th. January | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | John Phillips, 3, Grosvenor Street | Selling butter containing 55 per cent. of margarine | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 26th January | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | C. Staples, 5, Walkers Court, Soho | Selling butter containing 10 per cent. of margarine | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed.* |
| *The merits were not gone into on the warranty being proved, but it was stated by the defendant that Mr. Hehner had analysed his part of the sample and certified it pure. | ||||
| 1905. | MARGARINE (and Improperly Labelled). | |||
| 5th March | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Richard Henry Bees, 8, Strutton Ground | Exposing for sale margarine without attaching label to each parcel | Fined £3 and and £1 5s. costs. Previous convictions were admitted by the defendant, but the Magistrate declined to inflict a heavier penalty. |
| 7th April | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Thomas Evans, 33, Church Street, Oamberwell | Exposing for sale margarine without label at 27, Marsham Street | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 5 th May | Marlborough Street (Mr. Chapman) | Lewis Manzoni, 22, Lisle Street | Selling margarine without proper wrapper | Fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 14th August | Marlborough Street (Mr. Denman) | C. A. Lewis, 284, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill | Dealing in margarine in an open package which was not branded as required by the Act | Fined 5s. and 2s. costs. |
| 26th October | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | J. R. Morris, 35, Lisle Street, Soho, W. | Selling margarine in a plain wrapper | Fined £5 and 12s. Qd. costs. |
| DUTCH CHEESE. | ||||
| 18th May | Bow Street (Mr. Marsham) | Peark's, Ltd. | Selling at 8, Walker's Court, Dutch cheese containing water 55.4 per cent., fat 2.8 per cent., case in mineral matter, &c., 41.8 per cent. | Summons dismissed, with £20 costs against the Council. |
| 18th May | Bow Street (Mr. Marsham) | Mrs. Dann | Selling at 4, Bond Court, Dutch cheese containing water 58.8 per cent., fat 6.6 per cent., case in mineral matter, &c., 34.6 per cent. | Summons dismissed, without costs. |