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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 1914
[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 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 butter | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone | Adulterated. No. 483. This was margarine. | £500 per ann. for 700 samples. Over that number 7/6 per sample | This was a test sample |
| 8 cream | Borough Council | Genuine. | ||
| 1 cream | Preserved (Unlabelled) No. 488. Contained 4 3 grains per lb. of boracic acid | |||
| 3 mustard | Genuine | Two were test samples. | ||
| 2 pepper | Do. | One was a test sample | ||
| 1 coffee | Adulterated | |||
| No. 315. Contained 2 per cent. chicory | This was a test sample | |||
| 1 Dover's powder | Genuine | Do. | ||
| 1 dripping | Do. | Do. | ||
| 3 sardines | Do. | These were test samples | ||
| Total Number of Samples analysed during the Quarter 215 Number of Sa mples adulterated 12 and 1 cream (u nlabelled ; contained borax). | ||||
| THIRD QUARTER ENDING30th SEPTEMBER,1914. | ||||
| 189 milk | Genuine. | No sample contained any preservative, but29had artificial colouring matter added. | ||
| 4 milk | Adulterated. | |||
| No. 572. 6.67 per cent. deficient in milk fat. | No. 572. *See below. | |||
| No. 654. 13.3 do. | No. 654. Fined £1 and 12/6 costs. | |||
| No. 696. 10.0 do. | No. 696. Fined 5/- and 12/6 costs. | |||
| No. 697. 3.3 do. | This was a test sample. | |||
| 104 butter | Genuine. | 4 samples contained no preservative, 5 contained under 10 grains per lb. of borax. 54 contained between 10-20 grains per lb., 42 contained between 20-30 grains per lb.,31 were test samples. | ||
| 1 butter | Adulterated. No. 721. 80 % fat other than butter fat. (Margarine). | No. 721. Fined 10/- and 12/6 costs on 1st summons and 2/- costs on 2nd summons | ||
| 17 cream | Genuine. | 4 were test samples. | ||
| 3 margarine | Genuine. | 1 was a test sample. | ||
| 4 dripping | Do. | These were test samples. | ||
| 2 lard | Do. | do. | ||
| 1 sweets | Do. | This was a test sample. | ||
| Do. | These were test samples. | |||
| 5 jam | Do. | do. | ||
| 4 Dover's powder | Do. | do. | ||
*No. 572 Milk, This was one of three station samples from 3 churns consigned by the same farmer. Two
churns were above the standard and one below. With the three churns mixed the whole
of the milk would be above the standard, hence Solicitor advised no prosecution.