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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
Stepney 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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(2) That it shall be sold in a wrapper in which the word " Margarin"
shall be printed in half inch letters.
(3) That it shall not contain more than 10 per cent. of butter fat.
The action taken in the 20 cases in which these requirements had not been complied
with is shown in Table H.
T
| Number. | Result. | Number. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A9 | Fined 10s. and £1 1s. costs. | D96 | Fined £2 and £1 1s. costs for |
| T18 | Vendor paid £1 1s. costs. | unstamped wrapper. Fined | |
| A23 | Vendor paid £1 1s. costs for un | £2 and £1 1s. costs for un | |
| stamped wrapper, and £1 1s. | labelled bulk. | ||
| costs for unlabelled bulk. | F86 | Fined £3 and £3 3s. costs for | |
| K46 | Fined £2 and £2 2s. costs. | unstamped wrapper. Fined | |
| A57 | Vendor cautioned. | £2 and £3 3s. costs for un | |
| A59 | Vendor cautioned. | stamped bulk. | |
| A60 | Vendor cautioned. | F89 | Fined £1 1s. and £2 2s. costs for |
| T40 | Fined £3 and £1 1s. costs. | unstamped wrapper. Fined | |
| G 87 | Fined £2 and £4 4s. costs. | £1 1s. and £2 2s. costs for | |
| G 88 | Fined £1 and £2 2s. costs | unlabelled bulk. | |
| D 93 Fined £2 and £1 1s. costs for unstamped1wrapper. Fined £2 and £1 1s. costs for unlabelled bulk. | F 92 | Vendor cautioned. | |
| F 93 | Vendor paid £4 4s. costs. | ||
| G 95 | Vendor paid £1 15s. costs. | ||
| G 97 | Vendor paid £1 costs. | ||
| D 95 | Fined £3 and £1 1s. costs | G 98 | Vendor paid £1 costs. |
VINEGAR.
11 samples were analysed of which 3 or 27-2 per cent, were adulterated.
In each case the adulteration consisted of a deficiency of acetic acid.
All the samples consisted of " artificial " vinegar, i.e., they consisted of a dilute
solution of acetic acid, coloured with caramel with, in a few cases, a little malt
vinegar added.
Unfortunately it is difficult to obtain convictions for this substitution unless
" malt " vinegar is asked for.
| Number. | Adulteration. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| C25 | Deficient of 10 per cent, acetic acid | Vendor paid £2 4s. costs. |
| A15 | Vendor cautioned. | |
| A16 | Vendor paid £2 costs. |