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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Public Health (Preservatives, &c., in Food) Regulations,
1925-27.
Only certain articles of food may contain preservative, which must
be either sulphur dioxide or benzoic acid as specified in the regulations.
One infringement of these regulations was found as a result of
analysis of samples, details of which are set out in the following
pages.
Table LXXXI.
| Number. | Article of Food. | Number of samples purchased. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s.. | d. | ||||||||
| 1 | Ale | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | _ | - | ||||
| 2 | Butter | 152 | 152 | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 3 | Cereals | 36 | 36 | — | — | — | _ | _ | - | ||||
| 4 | Cheese | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | _ | _ | - | ||||
| 5 | Cocoa | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 6 | Coffee and Chicory | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | _ | _ | - | ||||
| 7 | Condiments & Spices | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 8 | Confectionery | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 9 | Cooking Fats | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 10 | Cream Confectionery | 17 | 8 | 9 | Nil. | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 11 | Cream | 73 | 73 | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | ||||
| 12 | Cream (tinned) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | ||||
| 13 | Culinary Flavours | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 14 | Drugs | 40 | 35 | 5 | Nil. | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 15 | Eggs | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | _ | - | ||||
| 16 | Fish preparations | 29 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 17 | Fruit Cordials and Powders | 32 | 29 | 3 | Nil. | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 18 | Fruits (preserved) | 42 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 19 | Gelatine | 2 | _ | 2 | Nil. | — | _ | — | - | ||||
| 20 | Ice Cream | 37 | 37 | — | _ | — | _ | — | - | ||||
| 21 | Jams & Preserves | 25 | 25 | — | _ | — | _ | — | - | ||||
| 22 | Lard | 8 | 8 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 23 | Margarine | 21 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | - | ||||
| 24 | Milk | 938 | 931 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | Milk (Condensed) | 30 | 30 | - | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 26 | Milk (Dried) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 27 | Oils (Salad) | 22 | 22 | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | ||||
| 28 | Pickles & Sauces | 21 | 21 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | ||||
| 29 | Potted Meats and Meat Pies | 39 | 38 | 1 | Nil. | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 30 | Sausages | 42 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 31 | Spirits | 49 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Suet | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 33 | Tea . | 20 | 20 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| 34 | Vegetahles(preserved) | 26 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 35 | Vinegar | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 | (Hearing adjourned) | — | ||||||
| 36 | Wines | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1,817 | 1,783 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||