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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
St Pancras 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| No. | Nature of Article as Purchased. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | |||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| *1 | Milk | Added water, 5 per cent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| *2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| *3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| *4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | ||
| *5 | Deficient in butter fat 25 per cent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| *6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| *7 | Added water 12 per cent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| *8 | ,, 5 ,, and deficient in butter fat 20 per cent. | Summons with drawn on account of Defe ndant's death. | ||||||
| *9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Butter | Foreign fats 80 ,, | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Milk | Added water 7 per cent | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| 12 | Butter | Foreign fats 30 „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Milk | Added water 11 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Butter | Foreign fats 35 „ | Summons dis missed, warranty proved. | |||||
| 15 | Milk | Deficient in butter fat 30 per cent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| lrt | Added water 10 per cent | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | Batter | Foreign fats 80 ,, | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Coffee | Chicory 60 per cent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Milk | Added water 12 per cent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Pepper | Rice flour 50 „ | Summons dismissed, warranty proved. | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 21 | Ginger 15 per cent., and traces of rice flour | Diitto ditto | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 22 | Milk | Added water 10 per cent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| *26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Summons withdrawn. | |||||||
| *29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Rum | 32 degrees under proof | Summons dismissed. Adulteration found to be ginger wine and prov ed accidental. | |||||
| 31 | 27,, ,, | Summons dis missed on account of small ness of adulterati on. | ||||||
| 32 | Whiskey | 29 ,, ,, | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Brandy | 31½ ,, ,, | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
# These samples were procured at the Railway lermini in the course of delivery to the consignees.
Sampling of Milk in transit.—From time to time opinions of regret have been
expressed, especially in the press, that samples of milk are not taken systematically
at railway stations. St. Pancras has within its borders the termini and depots of
the three great railway companies from the North, and milk is delivered at the
Euston Station of the London and North Western, at the King's Cross Station of
the Great Northern, and at the Phoenix Street, Kentish Town, and Haverstock
Hill Stations of the Midland Railway Company. On a day of twenty-four hours
in the third week in April, 1892, the number of churns delivered at these stations
was ascertained to be as follows:
L. & N. W. R. Euston 750
G. N. R. King's Cross 790
M. R. Phoenix Street 870
„ Kentish Town 210
„ Haverstock Hill 25
Total 2,645