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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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312
1913]
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. Showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration. | Action taken, with result of prosecution. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.L.B. 324 | *Milk | Inspector | 9 per cent, of original fat abstracted | Fined £1 and £1 1s. costs. |
| 332 | * do | do | 8 per cent, of added water | Fined £1 and £1 1s. costs. |
| 333 | * do | do | 8 per cent, of original fat abstracted | Fined £1 and £1 1s. costs. |
| 340 | Butter | do | 100 per cent, of Margarine | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d costs. |
| 341 | Margarine | do. | 100 per cent, of Margarine—the fat of the sample contained 55 per cent, of butter fat | Fined £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 355 | •Milk | do | 40 per cent, of original fat abstracted | Fined £4 and 14s. 6d. costs. |
| 382 | • do | do | 5 per cent, of added water | Cautioned by letter. |
| 392 | * do | do | 14 per cent, of original fat abstracted | Fined £5 and lis. 6d. costs. |
| 406 | Margarine | do | 100 per cent, of Margarine | Cautioned by letter. |
| 407 | do. | do | 100 do. do. | Cautioned by letter. |
| 408 | do. | do | 100 do. do. | To pay 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 432 | *Milk | do | 12 per cent, of original fat abstracted | Fined £2 and £1 3s. costs. |
* All free from Boric Acid and Formalin.
Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter, 332.
Number adulterated 27.