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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The following articles were seized and condemned; appended is a note of the action taken:—
| Name and Address of Defendant. | Article. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| Milestone and Staniforth, Ltd., 16, Stratford Road, Kensington, W. | Exposing for sale at No. 44, Pimlico Road, unsound meat (mutton 4£ ibs. and beef 5 lbs.) | Fined £10 and 21. costs. |
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
| Number. | Article of Food. | Number of Samples Purchased. | Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.) | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or Dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milk | 910 | 737 (94) | 79 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | o |
| 2 | do. skimmed | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | do. separated | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 4 | Cream, fresh | 63 | 46 | 17 | 6* | 2 | 4* | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | do. preserved | 61 | — | 61 | 9* | — | 9* | ||||||
| 6 | Butter | 289 | 264 (13) | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 |
| 7 | Margarine | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Bread and butter | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Flour | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 10 | do. self-raising | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rice, ground | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Meats (various), potted | 34 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 | Meat pies (various) | 80 | 71 | 9 | |||||||||
| 14 | Oxtongue | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Brawn | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 | Beef, corned | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 17 | do. spiced | 1 | _ | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | Bacon | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| 19 | Sausages, pork and beef | 57 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 1 | _ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | Sausage rolls | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 21 | do. G-erman | 31 | 25 | 6 | |||||||||
| 22 | do. French | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 23 | do. Italian | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 24 | do. liver | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 25 | do. ham | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Lamb and Green Peas | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 | Fish (various), potted | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | Beans (tinned) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
* Proceedings adjourned sine die, in consequence of an appeal to the High Court, from
a decision of the Kensington justices which was and still is pending, also 10 cases
from 1912.