Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
Brought forward | 344 | 381 | 329 | 368 | 15 | 13 |
Sausage, Frankfurter (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, liver | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Sherbet | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Sild (canned) | — | 11 | — | 11 | — | — |
Soap (coal tar) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - |
Soup (canned) | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
Spread Cheese and Tomato | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Suet ,, | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Sugar | — | 14 | — | 14 | — | — |
Sultanas | — | 8 | — | 8 | — | — |
Sweets | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | — |
Swiss Roll | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Syrup of Figs | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, Golden | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, Lung | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Tablets, Ammoniated Quinine | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Tea | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Tincture of Iodine | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
Tomatoes (canned) | — | 12 | — | 12 | — | — |
Tongue (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, (cooked) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Tripe | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
Vinegar | — | 2 | - | 2 | — | — |
Totals | 347 | 453 | 332 | 437 | 15 | 16 |
Summonses.
Prosecutions were undertaken in respect of 13 samples, which were reported as being adulterated. The results of the proceedings are stated in the following table : —
Article. | Result of Analysis Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928. | Date of Hearing. | Result of Proceedings. | |||
Penalty. | Costs. | |||||
193£ | £ | s. | d. | |||
Milk | Deficient in milk-fat 27 per cent. | 17th Jan. | Dismissed under Pro-bation of Offenders Act | 5 | 5 | 0 |
,, | ,, ,, „ 6.6 „ | 26th Feb. | Fined 40/-on each Summons with £3 3s. Od. Costs. Time to pay was refused. Committed for 1 month. | |||
,, | ,, ,, „ 6.0 „ | |||||
,, | ,, ,, ,, 6.0 ,, | 17th Dec. | ||||
,, | „ „ ,, 60 „ | Fined 40/- and 10 gns. Costs on one Summons and 40/- on each of the other nine Summonses. | ||||
,, | ,, ,, „ 80 „ | |||||
,, | ,, ,, ,, 6.6 ,, | |||||
,, | ,, ,, „ 7.0 „ | |||||
,, | ,, ,, ,,8.6 „ | |||||
,, | ,, ,, „ 5.4 „ | |||||
,, | „ ,, ,, 40 .0 „ | |||||
,, | ,, ,, 5.6 | |||||
,, | ,, ,, 33.0 |