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

City of Westminster 1913

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

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Table: No. of Sample. Date of Hearing. Offence. Result.

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No. of Sample. Date of Hearing. Offence. Result.

612 N.*	12 th Sept.	7 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined £5 and 12s. 6d. costs.
510 N .*	12th Sept	6 per cent. of added water and 3 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 40s. and 12s. 6d. costs. Defendant gave notice of intention to rely on a warranty, but the notice was not in accordance with the Act.
542 N.	17 th Sept.	9 per cent. of fat abstracted	Warranty proved. Summons dismissed.
522 S.*	17 th Sept.	7 per cent. of fat abstracted	Warranty proved. Summons dismissed.
504 S.*	17th Sept.	8 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 20s. and 12.s 6d. costs.
490 S.*	17th Sept.	Contained 613 grains of boric acid per pint	Ordered to pay 42s. costs.
The Defendant had a warranty but failed, to give notice. Taking this fact into account, and also the fact that she had been in business for many years without conviction, the Magistrate thought the justice of the case would be met by ordering her to pay costs.
556 S.	1st Oct.	43 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 20.s and 12s. 6d. costs.
617 N.*	17th Oct.	7 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
The Defendant gave notice of a warranty but failed to succeed on the same owing to its not having been served within the specified time.
626 N.	10th Oct.	8 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 30s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
540 S.*	15th Oct.	12 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 5s. and 12s. Gd. costs.
The Defendant relied on a warranty given by the Dairy Supply Co., Ltd., but the Magistrate intimated that he was not satisfied with warranties given by a company that was merely a distributing agent, and that he thought the Defendant had not discharged the onus upon him of proving that he had no reason to believe that the article was not of the nature, &c., demanded.
614 S.	12th Nov.	6'8 per cent. of added water	—
613 S.	12th Nov.	12*7 per cent. of added water	—
The Defendants in these two cases were supplied with milk by the same vendor, and informed the Magistrate that the water had been added to the milk by one of the vendor's servants, who had admitted the offence. Under these circumstances the Magistrate thought the justice of the case would be met by ordering eacli Defendant to pay costs.
604 S.	12th Nov.	Taken at Victoria Station in course of delivery, 4 per cent. of added water Taken at Victoria Station in course of delivery, 3*5 per cent. of added	The Defendant, who is a farmer, traced the milk by his witnesses back to the cow, and as the added water was in neither case very great the
610 S.	12tli Nov.	water	Magistrate dismissed the summonses.
744 N.	14th Nov.	5 per cent. of fat abstracted	Warranty proved. Summons dismissed.
784 N.	14th Nov.	16 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 20s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
The Defendant gave notice of intention to rely on a warranty, but did not send a copy of it.
653 S.	26th Nov.	26 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
839 N.	2nd Dec.	9 per cent. of added water and 6 per cent. of fat abstracted	Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
686 S *	17th Dec.	24 per cent. of fat abstracted	Warranty proved. Summons dismissed.
798 S.	1914. 28th Jan.	13*3 per cent. of added water	Fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
149 S.	16th April	milk (Separated.) 5 per ` of added water	Fined 8s. and 12s. Gd. costs.
* In these cases there have been prosecutions previously.