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City of Westminster 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table LXXXII.
| Number. | Article of Food or Drug. | Number of samples purchased. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | ||||||||||||
| i | Butter | 140 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Cereals | 36 | 36 | — | — | :— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Cheese | 24 | 22 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Cocoa | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Coffee and Chicory | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Condiments & Spices | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Confectionery | 37 | 36 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Cooking Fats | 1 | 1 | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Cream | 72 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Cream (tinned) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Culinary Flavours | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Drugs | 35 | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Fish Preparations | 31 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Fruit Cordials | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Fruits (preserved) | 54 | 53 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | IceCream | 28 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jams & Preserves | 59 | 57 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Lard | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Margarine | 21 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Milk | 920 | 910 | 10 | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Milk (condensed) | 37 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Milk (dried) | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Oils | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Pickles & Sauces | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Potted Meats and Meat Pies | 36 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | Rennet, Essence of | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Sausages | 52 | 50 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | Spirits | 53 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — |
| 29 | Tea | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Vegetables (preserved) | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Vinegar | 34 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 32 | Wines | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1,815 | 1,793 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | ||
Butter.—One sample of butter purchased in the form of pats at a
restaurant was found to contain about 34 per cent. of margarine. The
vendor was fined £1 0s. 0d.
Cheese.—Twenty-four samples of cheese were obtained during the year,
the majority of these being of the " wrapped " type, i.e., covered with
some form of metallic wrapping. All the samples of this type of cheese
proved to be satisfactory. Two samples of unwrapped cheese were found