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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| Stage of Sale | Place. | Reason. | Number of Milk samples examined. | Result of Analysis. | Prosecu tions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||||
| Oil sale to public | In street | Periodical—Week-day | l | l | 1 | |
| ,, Sunday .. | 76 | 58 | 18 | 6 | ||
| By request | ||||||
| „ | In shop | Periodical— Week-day | 186 | 131 | 55 | 23 |
| „ Sunday .. | 39 | 28 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Consecutive | ||||||
| By request | ||||||
| On delivery | At shop | Periodical | .. | |||
| Consecutive | 2 | 2 | ||||
| By request | 2 | |||||
| „ | At Railway Depot or Station | Periodical | 72 | 65 | ||
| Consecutive | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| By request | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 403 | 301 | 102 | 39 | ||
Consecutire Sampling. — Pending the repeal of the Warranty Sections of the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, instructions were given to the Food Inspectors
when sampling to always inquire whether a warranty in any form is held by
the vendor, and, if there be a warranty, and the sample prove to be adulterated,
to take a sample of the milk of the guarantor upon delivery at the vendor's
premises. Unfortunately the second sample is not a sample of the inculpated
milk, but it may in some measure be evidence of the bona or male fide* of the
guarantor.
WARRANTIES.
The following cases show the position and the difficulties created by the
setting up of warranties in defence of the adulteration of food, and is another
of the many proofs of the necessity for the repeal of the warranty sections of
the Sale of Foods and Drugs Acts.
E XT K ACTS FROM THE " JUSTICE of THE PEACE," Al'RIL 26, 1884. (p. 261.)
November 27, 1883.
Harris (Appellant) v. May (Respondent).
Sale of Food Acts—Milk—Written contract to sell pure milk—Written
warranty—38 & 39) Vict. c. 63, s. 25.
H. sold milk which was found, on analysis, to have 10 per cent, of added
water, and was charged with selling milk not of the nature and quality