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St Pancras 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Summonses.—Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
| No. of Sample. | Nature of Article. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| A 7 | Milk | Deficient in Butter Fat 13 per cent. | £ | s. | d* | £ | s. | d. | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| O8 | „ | Added Water 10 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 10 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 18 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 15 | „ | Added Water 13 per cent. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| O 16 | „ | „ 23 „ | Summons marked "Not Served." Defendant left address giv en. | ||||||
| O 18 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 15 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| A 20 | „ | Added Water 13 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| A 26 | „ | „ 22 „ | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| *A 51 | „ | Deficient in Bntter Fat 9 per cent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| *A 52 | „ | „ „ 11 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| A 54 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter Fat 85 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| A 58 | „ | „ „ „ 80 „ | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| O 53 | „ | „ „ „ 85 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 55 | Milk | Deficient in Butter Fat 18 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| *O 61 | „ | „ „ 12 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| A 74 | „ | Added Water 20 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| *A 81 | „ | „ 25 „ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| *A 82 | „ | „ 22 „ | Nil. | Nil. | |||||
| A 107 | „ | „ 8 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| A 108 | „ | „ 8 „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| A 111 | „ | „ 10 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 117 | Butter | Foreign Fats, i.e., Fats other than Butter rat 77 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| „ | „ | ,, ,, ,, (Margarine Act) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| A 118 | „ | „ „ „ 80 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| A 124 | Milk | Added Water 7 per cent. | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| A 125 | „ | „ 16 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 120 | „ | „ 10 „ | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 121 | „ | „ 10 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 122 | „ | „ 7 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 125 | „ | Added Water 6 per cent., deficient in Butter tat 13 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 126 | „ | Added Water 12 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 128 | „ | Added Water 8 per cent., deficient in Butter Fat 8 per cent. | Summons with drawn. Business vested in a limited company. | ||||||
| *A 133 | „ | Deficient in Butter Fat 26 per cent. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
| A 134 | „ | „ „ 15 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 141 | „ | Added Water 15 per cent. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 137 | „ | Abstraction of Milk Fat 7 per cent. | Summons with drawn. Business of Company vested in Managers and Receivers by the Court of Chancery at the time of purchase of the sample of milk. | ||||||
| +A 139 | „ | „ „ 17 „ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| A 157 | Coffee | Chicory 45 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 183 | Milk | Abstraction of Milk Fat 20 per cent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| O 184 | „ | Added Water 16 per cent. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| C 188 | „ | Abstraction of Milk rat 10 per cent. | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| C 189 | „ | Added Water 20 per cent. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| C 205 | „ | „ 10 „ | Summons with drawn, discrepancy in certificate of Public Analyst. | ||||||
| *O 216 | „ | „ 9 „ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| *O 217 | „ | „ 10 „ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
* These samples were procured at the Railway termini in the course of delivery to the Consignee
† Fourth conviction (Magistrate agreed to state Special Case at request of Defendant).