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City of Westminster 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table III.
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 | Withdrawn or dismissed.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. | Coats. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| 1 | Milk | 944 | 881 (46) | 17 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | Do. Separated | 7 | 7 | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Do. Sterilized | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Do. Condensed | 21 | 21 | _ | __ | _ | - | - | |||||
| 5 | Cream | 42 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Do. Preserved | 44 | 44 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | ||||
| 7 | Do. Cheese | 1 | 1 | _ | __ | _ | _ | _ | - | ||||
| 8 | Do. Ice | 13 | 13 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | ||||
| 9 | Butter | 145 | 144 | 1 | - | _ | - | _ | - | ||||
| 10 | Margarine | 31 | 31 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 11 | Tea | 1 | 1 | _ | . | ___ | _ | __ | |||||
| 12 | Chocolate | 8 | 8 | __ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | ||||
| 13 | Mincemeat | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | |||||
| 14 | Meat pies (various) | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | ||||
| 15 | Sausages | 93 | 85 | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 16 | Meat & Fish Paste | 75 | 75 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| 17 | Salmon (tinned) | 2 | 2 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 18 | Crayfish (tinned) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | ||||
| 19 | Olives | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| 20 | Olive Oil | 10 | 10 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| 21 | Peas (tinned) | 13 | 12 | 1 | __ | _ | _ | __ | |||||
| 22 | Beans (tinned) | 5 | 5 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 23 | Pickles | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | ||||
| 24 | Mushrooms (tinned) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 25 | Spaghetti (tinned) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 26 | Tomatoes (tinned) | 1 | — | 1 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 27 | Tomato Sauce | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 28 | Tomato Soup | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 29 | Vegetables, mixed | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 30 | Apples | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 31 | Peaches | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 32 | Fruit Salad | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 33 | Jam | 7 | 7 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 34 | Lemon Squash | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Do. Cup | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | ||||
| 36 | Do. Curd | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | __ | __ | _ | _ | ||||
| 37 | Lime Juice | 6 | 5 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 38 | Fruit (tinned) | 31 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Whiskey | 117 | 98 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Brandy | 36 | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 41 | Rum | 39 | 38 | 1 | — | _ | _ | _ | — | ||||
| 42 | Gin | 29 | 27 | 2 | _ | _ | __ | __ | — | ||||
| 43 | Milk of Sulphur | 8 | 8 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | ||||
| 44 | Camphorated Oil | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 45 | Klcnazone "— preservative | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Totals | 1,800 | 1,691 (46) | 63 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 6 | ||