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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
Islington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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309
[1913
Abstracts
ADULTERATED SAMPLES. —
| Sample marked. | Article submitted for Analysis. | State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Authority, under Section 13 of Act, and if so, the name of such Authority. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken, with result of prosecution. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration. | ||||
| T.L.B. | ||||
| 935 | Coffee | Inspector | 34 per cent' of Chicory | Fined £5 and £1 12s. 6d. costs, or 14 days in default. |
| 940 | Blaud's Pills | do | 17 per cent. Ferrous Carbonate deficient | No proceedings taken. |
| 966 | Demerara Sugar | do | Dyed Sugar other than Demerara | Fined £2 and £1 12s. 6d. costi, or 14 days in default. |
| 967 | do. do. | do | do. do. | Fined £2 and £1 12s. 6d. costs, or 14 days in default. |
| 985 | Milk | do | Nearly 4 per cent, of added water | Cautioned by letter. |
| 994 998 | do | do | 21 per cent, of added water, and 9 per cent, of the original fat abstracted | No proceedings, this being the return of a duplicate sample of 998 T.L.B. purchased for safety. |
| do | do | 21 per cent, of added water, and 8 per cent, of the original fat abstracted | Summons withdrawn, warranty established. | |
| 1,004 | do | do | 6 per cent, of added water | Fined £100 and £5 5s. costs, or 3 months in default. |
| 1,005 | do | do | 9 do. do. | Fined £10 and £2 2s. costs, or 1 month in default. |
| 1,020 | Brandy | do. | 27 8 degrees under proof | Ordered to pay £2 2s. costs. |
| 1,028 | Golden Syrup | do | 70 per cent, of Glucose Syrup | Fined £1 and £1 13s. costs, or 14 days in default. |
| 1,039 | Milk | do | 14 per cent, of added water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 1,047 | Butter | do. | 38 do. of Margarine | Fined £5 and £113s. costs, or 21 days in default. |
* Boric Acid and Formalin absent.