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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 1905

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

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Date of Hearing.Court and Magistrate.Same and Address of Defendant.Offence.Result.
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1905. 14th DecemberMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Arthur Nally and Irnnibole Pozzo, 97, Wardour StreetSelling spinach with 3.43 grains of copper sulphate per lb.Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
14th DecemberMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Venant Benoist, 36, PiccadillySelhng spinach with 4.74 grains of copper sulphate per lb.Fined £4 and 12s. 6d. costs.
14th DecemberMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Morel Brothers, Cobbett and Son, Ltd., 210, PiccadillySelling spinach with 3.32 grains of copper sulphate per lb.Fined £5 and £2 2s. costs,
22nd DecemberWestminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett)Pearks, Ltd., 6, Bayer Street, E.C.Selling at 4, Lower Belgrave Street, spinach with 7.038 grains of sulphate of copper per lb.Fined £2 and £2 2s. costs.
22nd DecemberWestminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett)Arthur M. Walker, 21, Eccleston StreetSelling spinach with 6.21 grains of sulphate of copper per lb.Fined £2 and £2 2s. costs.
OLIVE OIL.
1st and 15th SeptemberMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Faustina Boccasavia, 34, Old Compton StreetSelling as olive oil an oil containing 80 per cent. of oil other than olive oilFined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs. (Third portion of sample sent to Somerset House and analysis confirmed.)
24th NovemberMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Louis Barberis, 41, Frith Street, SohoSelling as olive an oil consisting entirely of sesame oilForeign warranty relied on, and the Magistrate held it to be a defence. Summons dismissed.
PRESCRIPTION.
7th JulyMarlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy)Charles John Mead, 54a, Broad Street, SohoPrescription. Deficient in sulphate of quinineFined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.