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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| No. of Sample. | Article. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | |||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| 1 | Milk | Added Water 9 per cent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 6 | ” | 38 „ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| ” | 39 „ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| C 9 | " | 7 „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | ” | 8 „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 53 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 53 | Milk | Added Water 0 per cent | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| C 54 | ” | 7 ,, | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 103 | ” | 8 „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 104 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 126 | Milk | Added Water 6 per cent | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 127 | ” | 13 „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 128 | ,, | 7 ,, | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 168 | ,, | Abstraction of Milk Fat 7 per cent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 169 | ,, ,, 7 ,, and 1 per cent. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| of Added Water | ||||||||
| 190 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 205 | Milk | Deficient in Milk Fat 12 per cent., and 5 per cent. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Added Water | ||||||||
| 199 | ... | Added Water 10 per cent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 200 | ,, | 9 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 201 | Abstraction of Milk Fat 15 per cent | Dismissed, wa rranty proved. | ||||||
| C 214 | Added Water 10 per cent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| C 224 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 225 | Milk | Added Water 13 per cent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 227 | Abstraction of Milk Fat 7 per cent | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 228 | 8 „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |
| 242 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| C 236 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 251 | Milk | Boric Acid 0.071 per cent., or 6½ grains per pint | Dismissed, warranty proved. | |||||
| 0 253 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 264 | Summons dis missed. The Magistrate being of opinion that the Defendant had given notice that the article supplied was margarine and not butter. | |||||||
| 249 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 252 | Milk | Added Water 29 per cent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 269 | ,, | „ 7 „ | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| C 2"1 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 277 | ,, | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| C 279 | Milk | Abstraction of Milk Fat 51 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 266 | Boric Acid 0.04 per cent., or 3½ grains per pint ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| C 282 | Abstraction of Milk Fat 23 per cent. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 284 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 306 | Milk | Added Water 6 per cent. | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 318 | ; Butter | A sample of Margarine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 312 | Distilled | Yielded more than scarcely visible residue. Did | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Water | not retain its colour, and contained 35 parts of | |||||||
| Ammonia per million, instead of 0.005 parts | ||||||||
| C 334 | Butter | A sample of Margarine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| C 350 | Milk | Added Water 11 per cent | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |