London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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There were also thirteen samples of synthetic bakery filling cream, taken from a very
large manufacturer of this product in the Borough, which were reported to be very satisfactory
from a bacteriological point of view.
Legal Proceedings. The following 19 prosecutions were undertaken during 1948 in respect of food and drugs
| Court and Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|
| Marylebone 23.1.48 | Marmalade intended for but unfit for human consumption | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs refused. |
| Marlborough Street 22.3.48 | Lime juice cordial deficient in sugar and containing excess saccharin | Summons withdrawn. Costs £2 2s. |
| Clerkenwell 24.3.48 | Milk adulterated by addition of 4.8 per cent. water | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £3 3s. |
| Marylebone 31 3.48 | Bread intended for but unfit for human consumption | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £10 10s. |
| Clerkenwell 12.4.48 | Milk adulterated by addition of 6.8 per cent. water | Fine £2. Costs £2 2s. (Third Party proceedings.) |
| Marylebone 26.4.48 | Beef sausages containing only 24 per cent. of meat | Fine £5. Costs £1 1s. |
| Marlborough Street 3.6.48 | Milk deficient in fat to extent of at least 11 per cent. | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £7 7s. |
| Marylebone 9.6.48 | Milk deficient in fat to extent of at least 9 per cent. | Adjourned sine die. Costs £5 5s. |
| Marylebone 29.7.48 | Selling as malt vinegar a type which was otherwise | Fine £2. Costs £3 3s. |
| Do. | Failure to cause ice cream wafer holder to be kept in a clean state | Fine £5. Costs £2 2s. |
| Do. | Milk from which fat abstracted by at least 14 per cent. | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act Costs £3 3s. |
| Marylebone 14.9.48 | Contaminated broken biscuits | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £2 2s. |
| Clerkenwell 5.10.48 | Selling as malt vinegar a type which was otherwise | Case discharged under Probation of Offenders Act on payment to Council of £10 10s. costs. |
| Clerkenwell 12.10.48 | Dirty bakehouse | Plea of guilty. Fine £10. Costs £3 3s. |
| Clerkenwell 12.11.48 | Cake unfit for human consumption | Pleaded guilty. Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £2. |
| Marylebone 17.11.48 | Bread roll unfit for human consumption (glass) | Plea of guilty. Fine £2. Costs £1 1s. |
| Marlborough Street 25.11.48 | Defective and dirty condition of food store | Plea of guilty. Local Authority congratulated on taking action. Fine £15. Costs £15. |
| Clerkenwell 22.12.48 | Defective floor, window ceiling of food store | Summons withdrawn. Work done. Costs £2 2s |
| Marlborough Street 31.12.48 | Ice cream wafer holder not in clean state | Plea of guilty. Fine £4. Costs £3 3s. |