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St Pancras 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Prosecutions were undertaken as regards 14 samples, which were reported as being
adulterated. The results of the proceedings are stated in the following tables:—
(SUMMONSES. {a) Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Result of Analysis. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| 1930. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| A. 35 | Milk | Deficient in milk fat, 15.3 per cent | Mar. 18th | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders | |||||
| Act. | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| C. 145 | „ | „ 200 „ | July 30th | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C. 154 | „ | „ 30.0 „ | „ „ | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| *C. 214 | Cream cornets | The fatty portion of the "cream" contained 80 per cent, of fat other than milk fat. | Nov. 18th | — | — | — | |||
| *C. 215 | „ pastries | „ „ | Summonses adjourned sine die pending result of appeal Lyons v. Wiltshire C.C. | ||||||
| *C. 217 | „ horns | „ „ | |||||||
| *. 218 | „ doughnuts | „ „ | |||||||
| *A. 151 | „ „ | „ 27th | |||||||
| *A. 152 | Princess cake (cream filled). | „ „ „ | „ „ | ||||||
| „ „ | |||||||||
| *A. 157 | Cream doughnuts | „ „ | |||||||
| *A. 158 | „ „ | „ „ | |||||||
| *C. 220 | „ „ | „ „ | |||||||
| *C. 221 | „ „ | 1931. | |||||||
| A. 169 | Carbolic ointment | Deficient in phenol or carbolic acid and adulterated by the addition of 216 per cent. of zinc ointment, 20 per cent. starch and 6 8 per cent. of sulphur. | Jan. 1st | — | 200 | ||||
* Summonses were also served under the Artificial Cream Act, 1929, for selling for human consumption under a
description or designation including the word " cream," a substance purporting to be cream which was net
cream as defined by the Artificial Cream Act, 1929, contrary to Section 1 of that Act.
(b) Milk and Dames Order, 1936.
| College Place | Delivering milk in bottles which were not filled and closed on registered premises | Dec. 27th | Fined £1, Costs 10s. |
| 1930. | |||
| Litcham Street | „ „ | Jan. 2nd | Fined £1, Costs £1 1s. |
| „ „ | „ „ | „ | Fined £1. |
| Holmes Road | Carrying on the trade of a dairyman without being registered | „ | Fined £1, Costs £1 1s. |
| 85, Whitfield Street | „ „ | Mar. 18th | Fined £2. |
(c) Under the Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 4 Order, 1929.
| Address. | Offence. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930. | |||
| Seaton Street | Exposing for sale imported raw tomatoes, which were not marked by means of a show ticket bearing the indication of origin | Aug. 29th | Fined £5, Costs £2 2s. |