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Wandsworth 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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198
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
TABLE XC.
No.
Article.
Adulteration.
Result.
Penalty
Costs.
869
Coffee & Chicory
70 per cent. chicory
Dismissed
...
...
49
Milk
6 ,, added water
Summons dismissed,
warranty proved
...
...
62
„
60 „ lat deficient
Convicted
10/-
12/6'
101
Cocoa
37.5 „ sugar and
42.5 „sago
„
40/-
12/6
105
Butter
99 „ margarine
„
40/-
12/6-
126
Milk
34 „ fat deficient
„
201-
12/6-
134
Butter
45 ,, margarine
„
40/-
23/-
136
„
90 „ „
„
20/-
23/-
137
M
66 „ „
„
40/-
23/-
179
Milk
10 ,, fat deficient
„
20/-
12/6
196
Compound dec.
of Aloes
55 „ below the standard
of the British
Pharmacopoeia
„
20/-
33/6
211
Milk
5 „ added water
„
40/-
23/-
214
Butter
100 „ margarine
„
20/-
23/-
222
„
100 ,, ,,
„
20/-
23/-
259
„
99 „ „
„
40/-
12/6-
277
Milk
17 „ fat deficient
Summons dismissed,
warranty proved
...
...
299
„
10 ,, „
Ordered to pay costs
...
12/6
312
Butter
94 ,, margarine
Convicted
40/-
12/6
345
„
50 „ „
„
20/-
12/6-
365
Milk
14 „ fat deficient
„
40/-
12/6
370
Butter
99 „ margarine
„
20/-
12/6
374
Olive Oil
50 ,, cotton seed oil
„
40/-
12/6
407
Milk
36 „ fat deficient
Summons withdrawn,
third sample having
burst
...
...
408
„
26 „ „
Convicted
400/-
65/-
423
Butter
40 „ margarine
„
200/-
12/6
424
98 ,, ,,
„
40/-
12/6
427
„
88 „ „
„
40/-
12/6
436
Milk
10 „ fat deficient
„
20.
12/6
440
„
11 ,, added water
„
20/-
12/6
443
Olive Oil
100 ,, mineral oil
Ordered to pay costs
...
12/6
462
Milk
20 „ fat deficient
Adjourned sitte die
defendant left the
borough
...
...