[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 84

City of Westminster 1906

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

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Samples Purchased under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, showing result of Analysis and subsequent Proceedings.

Number.	Articles of Food.	Number of Samples Purchased.	Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.)	Adulterated.	Prosecutions.	Convictions.	Warranty or Disclosure.	Fines.			Costs.
								£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1	Milk	806	599 (88)	119	56	35	26	90	0	0	31	13	0
2	do. Separated .	7	7
3	do. Skimmed	3	2	1
4	do. Machine Skimmed condensed	1	1
5	Cream	39	1	38	12		6	6	0	0	9	8	6
6	do. Ice	37	37
7	Butter	200	175 (8)	17	13	11	1	17	15	0	7	5	0
8	Margarine	39	39		2	1	—	0	10	0	0	12	6
9	Coffee	69	67 (1)	1	1	1	—	1	0	0	0	12	6
10	do. and chicory	16	14	2	1	—	—		—		2	2	0
31	Cocoa ••	54	51	3
12	do. Extract	1	—	1
13	do. Mixture	3	3
14	Chocolate	1	1
15	Oil, Almond	18	17 (1)
16	do. Olive	36	33 (1)	2	2	2	—	4	10	0	1	5	0
17	do. Salad	1	1
18	Barley	8	8
19	Rice	18	6 (1)	11
20	Biscuits, cheese	1	1
21	Cinnamon	2	1	1
22	Almonds, ground	1	1
23	Oatmeal	9	9
24	Honey	50	49 (1)
25	do. and marmalade	1	1
2G	Syrup, golden	5	5
27	Greengages, preserved	1	1
28	Meats and fish, potted	96	61 (6)	29
29	Mustard	20	19	1	1	1	—	3	0	0	0	12	6
30	Pepper	11	11
31	Vinegar	46	41 (3)	2
32	Gherkins	2	2
33	Capers	7	7
34	Olives, preserved	5'	5
35	Peas, preserved .	28	6	22	2	2	—	4	0	0	1	15	6
36	Beans, preserved	9	2	7
37	Spinach, preserved	11	1	10	10	9		45	10	0	10	3	0
38	Beer	27	27
39	Brandy	13	9 (2)	2
40	Whiskey	9	9
41	Linseed	3	3
42	do. Meal	6	6
43	Prescription	17	15	2
44	Cod liver oil	27	27
45	Glycerine	11	11
46	Quinine	3	3
47	Camphor	8	8
48	do. Spirit of	1	1
49	Camphorated oil	2	2
50	Quinine sulphate	6	6
51	Liquorice powder	2	2
52	Rhubarb powder	3	3
	Totals	1,800	1,417 (112)	271	98	62	33	172	5	0	65	9	6