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City of Westminster 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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In the year 1927 the samples taken in each of the two districts of
the City are given.
Table II.
| District. | Total. | No. | Percent. | No. | Percent. | No. | Tcrccnt. | No. | Percent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | 10 | 2.1 | |||||||
| South | |||||||||
| 1.8 | |||||||||
| 1925 | |||||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||||
| 368 | 149 | ||||||||
| 3.5 | |||||||||
| 6.4 | |||||||||
| 27.9 | 7.04 | ||||||||
| 77 | |||||||||
It vrill be noted with satisfaction that the quality of the milk supplied
in the City still maintains a very high standard. More than 90 per cent,
of all the 944 milk samples were superior to the legal standards and only
1*8 per cent, below it and were thus classified as adulterated.
Legal Proceedings for Adulteration.—Of the 17 cases, 10 were considered
sufficiently serious to warrant prosecution. Details of the offences
and results of proceedings are set out below.
Milk—
15 per cent, added water
13 per cent, fat abstraction
13 per cent, fat abstraction
12 per cent, fat abstraction
8-7 per cent, fat abstraction
8 per cent, fat abstraction
8 per cent, added water
7 per cent, fat abstraction....
Fine.
£3.
Warranty proved,
summons dismissed.
10s.
Defendant deceased,
summons withdrawn.
£2.
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-
Warranty proved,
summons dismissed.
Costs.
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12s. 6d.
-
£2 2s.
£3 3s.