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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
Marylebone 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Articles submitted for Analysis | State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under the direction of a Local Authority under Section 13 of Act. and. if so. the name of such Authority. | Result of Analysis; showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated. and if Adulterated what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration. | The sum paid in respect of the Analysis. | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do. No. 610. 16.7 fat abstracted. | £500 per ann. for 700 samples Over that number 7/6 per sample | No. 010. Fined 5/. and 12/6 costs. | ||
| Do. No. 637. 23 do. | No. 637. Defendant absconded. Summons not served. | |||
| Do. No. 703. 6.7 do. | No. 703. Fined 2/. and 12/6 costs. | |||
| Do. No. 761. 3 per cent. added water. | No. 761. Fined £1 and £2/2 costs. | |||
| 1 skim milk | Do. | Do. No. 756. 7.1 do. | No. 756. Fined £5 and 12/6 costs. | |
| 51 butters | Do. | Genuine. | Thirty.seven contained borax from a trace up to 34 grains per lb. | |
| 1 butter | Do. | Adulterated. No. 602. Contained 70 per cent. of fat other than butter fat. | No. 602. Fined £5 and 12/6 costs. | |
| 25 margarines | Do. | Genuine. | Three were test samples. | |
| Do. No. 704. Selling margarine in an unstamped wrapper. | No. 704. No fine. 2/. costs. | |||
| Do. No. 685. Exposing margarine for sale without a label indicating its nature. | No. 685. Fined 5/. and 2/. costs. | |||
| 2 cheeses | Do. | Genuine. | ||
| 18 creams | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 oatmeal | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 ice cream | Do. | Do. | ||
| 8 coffees | Do. | Do. | ||
| 2 custard powders | Do. | Do. | Both were test samples. | |
| 1 flour | Do. | Do. | ||
| 2 Dover powders | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 bread and butter | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 tomatoes | Do. | Do. | Test sample. | |
| 3 mustards | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 raspberry jam | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 gall and opium | Do. | Do. | ||
| ointment | ||||
| Total Number of Samples analysed during the Q uarter | 246 | |||
| Number of Samples adulterated | 7 | |||
| FOURTH QUARTER ENDING 31ST DECEMBER. 1910. | ||||
| 122 milks | Food Inspector | Genuine | ||
| 7 milks | Do | Adulterated. No. 877. 10.34 per cent. added water | No. 877. Fined 10/. and 12/6 costs | |
| No. 916. 6.7 per cent. deficient in milk fat | No. 916. Vendor cautioned | |||
| No. 988. 16.7 per cent. deficient | No. 988. Fined 5/. and | |||
| in milk fat and 28.2 per cent. added water | 12/6 costs | |||
| No. 996. 1.42 per cent. added water | No. 996. Vendor cautioned | |||
| No. 1025. 4 per cent. added water | No. 1025. Vendor cautioned | |||
| No. 1058 10.12 per cent. added water | No. 1058. Fined £1 and 16/6 costs | |||
| No. 1059. 4.42 per cent. added water | No. 1059. Fined 10/. and 21/6 costs | |||