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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Sale ok Food and Dkugs Acts.
Samples Purchased under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, showing result of Analysis and subsequent Proceedings for year 1915.
| Number. | Article of Food. | Number of Samples Purchased. | Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.) | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or Dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| 1 | Milk | 937 | 756 (99) | 82 | 51 | 26 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | do. separated | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | do. skimmed | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Cream, fresh | 80 | 62 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 5 | do. preserved | 83 | 5 | 78 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 6 | Butter | 256 | 236 (7) | 13 | 7 | 7 | — | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | do. milk blended | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | Margarine | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bread and butter | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Flour | 26 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 11 | do. self-raising | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Kice | 42 | 34 | 8 | |||||||||
| 13 | Barley, pearl | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Tea | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Coffee | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Coffee and chicory | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Cocoa | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Meats, potted (various) | 56 | 47 | 9* | |||||||||
| 19 | Meat pies (various) | 47 | 43 | 4 | |||||||||
| 20 | Brawn | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 | Beef, corned | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Sausages, pork and beef | 61 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 23 | Sausage rolls | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 24 | do. luncheon | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 25 | do. German | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 26 | Fish, potted (various) | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| 27 | Vegetables, mixed | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Spinach (tinned) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Beans (tinned) | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 30 | Peas (tinned and bottled) | 30 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | A sparagus (tinned) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Olives, stuffed | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Soup (tinned and bottled) | 12 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| 34 | Jelly, calvs foot | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Jam | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Fruit (bottled) | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Fruit Tart | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Oil, olive | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Linseed, crushed | 11 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
| 40 | Oil, camphorated | 18 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||
| Refusal to sell to Inspector | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
| Totals | 1,800 | 1,441 (106) | 253 | 95 | 53 | 42 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6 | |
Note re Cream.—15 cases last year and 16 cases this year stand adjourned sine die
pending an enquiry into the question of preservatives in cream by the Special Committee
to be appointed by the Local Government Board.