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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Brought forward | 531 | 107 | 514 | 102 | 17 | 5 |
| Pears (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| „ (dried) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Peas (dried) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Peel (mixed) | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pepper | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Pork and beans (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Prawns (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Prunes | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Raisins | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Rissole (meat) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Sardines | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sauce | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Sausages | 11 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Saveloy | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sponge cake | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Sultanas | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sugar | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sweets | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | - |
| Swiss roll | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
| Tripe | - | 8 | - | 8 | - | - |
| Vinegar | 16 | - | 15 | - | 1 | - |
| „ (malt) | 8 | - | 6 | - | 2 | - |
| Whiskey | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 578 | 222 | 552 | 204 | 26 | 18 |
Prosecutions were undertaken as regards 11 samples, which were reported as being
adulterated. The results of the proceedings are stated in the following tables:—
Summonses.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Result of Analysis. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| 1928. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| C. 84 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 16*0 per cent. | May 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C.87 | „ | „ 10.0 „ | „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C.88 | „ | „ 6.0 ,, | ,, ,, | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| C. 199 | „ | „ 6.6 „ | Oct. 10th | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| C. 208 | Beef Sausages | Sulphur Dioxide, 0 015 per cent. | ,, 18th | Dismissed | |||||
| C. 210 | „ | „ 0.0054 „ | „ „ | Adjourned sine die. | |||||
| C. 212 | „ | „ 0.0055 „ | „ „ | „ | „ | ||||
| C. 262 | Minced Beef | „ 0.0206 „ | Dec. 6th | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. 3 3 0 | |||||
| A. 241 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 26'0 per cent. | Jan. 22nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. 315 | „ | Added water, 5*4 per cent. | Feb. 21st | Withdrawn. | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||