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St Pancras 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Prosecutions were undertaken in respect of 32 of the 46 samples which were reported as being adulterated. These are set out in the following table:—
Summonses.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Result of Analysis | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| s. | d. | <£ | s. | ||||||
| Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 8.3 per cent. .. | Mar. 7th | |||||||
| C. 7 | „ 8.6 | „ | |||||||
| A. 23 | „ | Added water, 11.3 per cent | Mar. 18th | Dismissed. | Warranty proved. | ||||
| c. 19 | „ 3.5 „ | „ | 3 | 1 | |||||
| c. 18 | „ | „ 9.6 „ | „ | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| C. 20 | „ | „ 10.8 „ | „ | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| „ | Deficient in milk fat, 9.0 per cent. | May 16th | 2 | — | |||||
| A. 84 | „ | Added water, 5.5 per cent. | ,, 22nd | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| A. 85 | „ | „ 12.7 ,, | „ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| A. 151 | „ | „ 4.7 „ | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| A. 148 | „ | ,, 5.0 ,, | „ | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| A. 145 | „ | Deficient in milk fat, 15.0 per cent. | „ | — | 3 | 3 | |||
| A. 161 | „ | ,, 26.6 „ | July 8th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| c. 161 | „ | „ 13.0 „ | „ 11th | Dismissed. | Warranty proved. | ||||
| c. 159 | „ 8.6 „ | „ | ,, | ||||||
| C. 160 | „ | „ 3.3 ,, | „ | „ | |||||
| C. 172 | Malt vinegar | Vinegar other than malt vinegar, 100 per cent. | July 18th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| C. 174 | Vinegar | Deficient in acetic acid, 25 per cent | „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| C. 179 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 5 per cent. | July 22nd | Dismissed. | Warranty proved. | ||||
| A. 177 | Malt vinegar | Deficient in acetic acid, 8.5 per cent. | July 29th | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| A. 180 | Vinegar | „ 7.0 „ | „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| C. 188 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 13.0 per cent. | Aug. 20th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
| C. 190 | „ | „ 7.0 „ | „ | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| C. 198 | „ | „ 20.0 „ | „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| C. 192 | Malt vinegar | Deficient in acetic acid, 14.5 per cent. | „ | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| c. 333' | Milk | Added water, 4.7 per cent. | Dec. 23rd | Two months' hard labour, without opti on of fine. | |||||
| C. 183 | „ | Deficient in milk fat, 23.6 per cent. | Jan. 6th | Dismissed, | Warranty proved. | ||||
| C. 178 | „ | „ 5.0 „ | „ | ,, | „ | ||||
| C.176 | „ | „ 19.0 „ | „ | „ | |||||
| C. 343 | „ | ,, 9.3 „ | Jan. 8th | „ | „ | ||||
| A. 331 | Bacon | Admixture of boric acid, 15. 61 grains per lb. | „ 6th | Adjourned | |||||
| A. 330 | „ | „19.95 „ | „ „ | „ | |||||
* Summons also taken for wilfully obstructing an Inspector in the course of his duties—withdrawn.
Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.—No certificates of registration under the provisions of
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were issued during the year.
Section VII.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
In consequence of a special report submitted to the Council, some reorganisation of the
work of the department has been made during the year. The areas and duties of the
Inspectors were somewhat modified; a concentration of the work of the Tuberculosis
Dispensaries was agreed to be adopted. The Berkeley Road Welfare Centre was closed, and
some rearrangement made in certain consultations at other centres. The conditions governing
the Council's contributions to institutions undertaking midwifery attendance for necessitous
cases were more clearly defined. A summary of these and other matters dealt with will be
found in the following report:—