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City of Westminster 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table II.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
| Number. | Article of Food. | Number of samples purchased. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | £ | |||||||||||
| 1 | Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2 | Butter | 145 | 144 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 3 | Caviare | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Cereals | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 5 | Cheese | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 6 | Cocoa | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7 | Coffee, Chicory, &c. | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 8 | Condensed Milk | 43 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 9 | Confectionery | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 10 | Cordials | 46 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 11 | Cream | 72 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 12 | Culinary Colours | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 13 | Culinary Flavours | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 14 | Dried Milk | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 15 | Drugs | 31 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Fish | i | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 17 | Fish Paste | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 18 | Fish (Tinned) | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 19 | Flour | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 20 | Fruit (Pres.) | 55 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 21 | lee Cream | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 22 | Jams and Preserves | 44 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 23 | Margarine | 47 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 24 | Meat Extract | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 25 | Meat Paste | 30 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 26 | Meat Pies | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 27 | Milk | 907 | 896 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Mint Sauce | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 29 | Olive and Salad Oils | 34 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 30 | Pickles and Sauces | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 31 | Sausages | 49 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 32 | Spices | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 33 | Spirits | 70 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 34 | Tea | 17 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 35 | Vegetables ( Pres.). | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 36 | Vinegar | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 37 | Wine | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1,815 | 1,796 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | ||
The Council had given authority for 1,800 samples of food to be
purchased during the year; authority was also given for an additional
25 samples of foods other than milk to be taken if necessary.
Butter.—145 samples were taken. One of these contained 16.1 per
cent, of water, the maximum amount of water allowed in butter being
16 per cent.; No action taken.