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City of Westminster 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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This analysis practically confirmed that of the pity analyst* The magistrate held that as the purchaser had been told that the article was coffee and chicory, and had agreed to buy that, the mere fact of the wrapper in which the article was sold, containing a statement of the percentage of coffee and chicory, which was incorrect, did not prejudice the purchaser and that there was no offence.
| MUS TAED, | ||||
| 23rd February .. | Westminster (Mi*. Curtis Bennett) | Alfred Thake, 74, Buckingham Gate | Mustard, 30 per cent. starch (51 S) | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| OLIVE OIL. | ||||
| 17 th May | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Mrs. L. Fogelman, 60, Berwick Street, W. | Selling as olive oil, oil containing 80 per cent. of oil other than olive oil (307 N) | Fined 10?. and 12?. 6d. costs. |
| 10th July | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Marie Schatz, 34, Church Street, Soho. | Selling as olive, oil containing 100 per cent. of oil other than olive oil, and having the characters of cotton seed oil (595 N) | Fined £4 and 12?. 6d. costs. |
| PRESERVED PEAS. | ||||
| 6th July | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Sarafino Gelio, 9, Churton Street | Selling peas containing 0'00935 per cent. of copper (316 S) | Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs, or 1 month's imprisonment. |
| 26th July | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | W. S. Chapman and Co., Ltd., 62, Aldersgate Street, E.C. | Copper in peas, -0102 per cent., equivalent to 2822 grains per lb. at 27, Little Pulteney Street (484 N) | £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |