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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Date of Hearing. | Court and Magistrate. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1906. | PRESERVE | D SPINACH. | ||
| 1st March | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Caesar Matto, 58, Old Comp-ton Street | Spinach with 3 90 grains of copper per lb. (86 N) | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 1st March | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Emil Reggazoni, 15, Old Compton Street | Spinach with 4*14 grains of copper per lb. (84 N) | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 8tli March | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Luigi Varesio, 14, Moor Street | Copper in spinach—3*04 grains per lb. (112 N) | Fined £5 and 12s. 6<f. costs. |
| 8th March | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Giovanni Parmigiani, 58, Wardour Street | Copper in spinach—5'81 grains per lb. (110 N) | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 15 tli March | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Max Collins, 34, Church Street, Soho, W. | Obstructing Inspector whilst carrying out the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. Manager of premises seized a tin of spinach which had been duly purchased and refused to allow Inspector to have it. | Fined £10 and £3 3s. 0^. costs. |
| •5 th April | Marlborough Street (Mr. Kennedy) | Vegetable Meat Co., Ltd., 37, Old Compton Street | Spinach, 2'68 grains of copper per lb. (187 N) | Fined £10 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Robert Teroni, 56, Frith Street | Selling spinach containing 4*28 grains of sulphate of copper per lb. (225 N) | Summons not served; the whereabouts of defendant not being known | ||
| :28th June | Marlborough Street (Mr. Plowden) | Thomas Hooper, 15, Shepherd Street, Shepherd Market, W. | Selling spinach containing 3'80 grains of crystallised sulphate of copper per lb. (428 N) | Fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| •6th July | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Sarafino Gelio, ,9, Churton Street | Selling spinach containing 0'0195 per cent of copper (315 S) | Fined £2 and £1 3s., costs or 1 month's imprisonment. |
| 13th July | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | Giovanni Tos, 9, Churton Street | Refusing to supply spinach contained in a tin to inspector, contrary to the Act | Fined £3 and £2 2s. costs. |