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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| No. of Sample. | Date of Hearing. | Court and Magistrate. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 795 N. | 1908. 17th December | Marlborough Street (Mr. Mead) | Percy Harris, 62, Old Comp-ton Street, Solio | 10 per cent, of added water | Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs. |
| 898 N. | 17th December | Marlborough Street (Mr. Mead) | John Bonner, 15, Sherwood Street. W. | 30 per cent, of fat abstracted | Warranty proved. Summons dismissed. |
| 712 S. | 18th December | W estminster (Mr. Horace Smith) | J. Cridlan and Son, Ltd., 14, Bishops Road, Paddington, W. | Selling at 60, Lower Sloane Street, milk from which 5 per cent, of fat had been abstracted | £1 Is. costs. |
| * _ | 18th December | Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith) | London Pure Milk Association, Ltd., 4, Eccleston Street, Eaton Square, W. | Selling milk from vehicle without having name and address thereon | 2s. costs (see note below). |
| * The defendants' solicitors raised two points in this case, one that the milk was sold from sealed bottles and not from the vehicle, and the other, that there was no evidence that the defendants were selling milk at all, as there had been no purchase by the Inspector or analysis made, The Magistrate, under the circumstances, dismissed the summons on the payment of 2s. costs. | |||||
| 957 N | 31st December | Marlborough Street (Mr. Mead) | John Brooker, 24, Peter Street, Soho, W. | 13 per cent, of added water | Fined £1 10s, and £1 3s. costs. |
| 787 S | 1909. 22nd January | Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith) | Mrs. Maria Brooman, 2, Carey Street | 5 per cent, of added water | Fined 10s. and 12s. 6(2. costs. |
| 160 S | 1908. | Westminster (Mr. Curtis Bennett) | BUTTER. | Selling as butter a substance containing 86 per cent, of foreign fat | Fined £2 and £1 3s, costs. |
| 3rd April | William G-iessler (trading as G-iessler and Son), 5, Westmoreland Street | ||||
| 267 S | 19th June | Westminster (Mr. Horace Smith) | John Adams, 9, More ton Street, S.W. | Selling as butter a substance containing 82 per cent, of foreign fat | Fined £1 and £3 3s. costs. |
As the City Solicitors gathered from a letter of the defendant to the inspector that he was going to plead that the margarine had been
gold by a mistake, they thought it well to have the analyst present who had analysed three unofficial samples, 304 S., 305 S, and 330 S.} purchased
at the same shop.