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In 31 cases no action was taken for the following reasons:—
(a) bottles burst (5).
(b) amount of adulteration too small (26).
One summons was taken out against a milk seller for refusing
to sell milk to the Inspector. The defendant was fined £2 and
2s. costs.
The total fines amounted to £44 15s., with £23 6s. 7d.
costs.
(b) Butter.
215 samples were taken, and of these 6 (i.e., 2.8 percent.)
were declared by the Analyst to be adulterated-—the adulterations
consisting of added margarine, varying from a minimum 90
to a maximum 100 per cent., viz:—90, 90, 91, 94, 98 and 100
respectively.
In 6 instances summonses were taken out, and 6 convictions
obtained, with penalties varying from 5s. (with 12s. 6d. costs)
to £2 (with 14s. 6d. costs).
The totai fines amounted to £7 5s., with £3 17s. costs.
(c) Coffee.
70 samples were taken, but in no instance was the sample
declared by the Analyst to be adulterated.
The other samples of Food and Drugs (253 in number) taken
by the Inspector were declared by the Analyst to be unadulterated.
The expenses connected with the carrying out of the Food and
Drugs Acts in Lambeth Borough during 1906 amounted to
£98 9s. 2d.—consisting of £26 10s. 11d. for samples,
£25 4s. 0d. for Assistant (Deputy), £7 13s, 6d. for
Witnesses, 10s. for Collecting Evidence, £37 16s. 6d.
for Travelling Expenses, and 14s. 3d. for Sundries. The
salary of the Food and Drugs Inspector (£120, rising by £10
annual increases to £200), and the cost of the summonses
(£5 14s. 0d.), are not included in the above.