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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table H.
| Number. | Deficient in Fat. per cent. | Added water per cent. | Action; Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| G 20 | 40.0 | - | Vendor fined £5 with £1 1s. costs. |
| T 19 | 7.0 | - | Vendor fined £2 with £1 costs. |
| K 4 | — | 5.2 | Summons dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| N 5 | — | 4.0 | Summons dismissed. Warranty proved. |
| D 13 | — | 3.9 | Vendor cautioned. |
| D 26 | — | 4.1 | Vendor cautioned. |
| T 20 | — | 5.2 | Vendor paid £1 Is. costs. |
| E 5 | 100 | 6.7 | Vendor fined £20, with £5 5s. costs. |
| E 6 | 18.3 | 6.5 | Vendor fined £20, with £3 3s. costs. |
| C 24 | — | 19.4 | Vendor fined £4. |
| M 36 | — | 3.5 | Vendor cautioned. |
| G 41 | 9.0 | - | Summons dismissed on production of Warranty. |
| T 36 | 12.0 | - | Vendor fined £3, with £2 2s. costs. |
| D 50 | 6.7 | 16.1 | Summons dismissed on production of Warranty. |
| K 48 | 26.7 | - | Vendor fined £1, with £2 2s. costs. |
| S 54 | 6.0 | - | Vendor cautioned. |
| E 34 | 20.0 | - | Vendor cautioned. |
| C 61 | — | 3.5 | Vendor cautioned. |
| G 80 | 6.7 | — | Vendor cautioned. |
The samples K 4 and N 5 were obtained from the same vendor and legal
proceedings were taken. At the first hearing of the case the Magistrate
wished to dismiss both summonses as he considered that if there were any
adulteration it was so minute as not to count. At the suggestion of the
Council's Solicitor the case was adjourned for the Analyst's Certificate to be
explained. A second hearing was adjourned owing to the indisposition of
the Magistrate, and at the third hearing the defendant's solicitor requested
that both samples should be sent to Somerset House for analysis, the case
again being adjourned. At the fourth hearing it was shown that the Somerset
House analyses confirmed the adulteration of the samples. The defendant
then produced a Warranty and the Magistrate dismissed the summonses as
the Warranty was proved. This was the sixth occasion upon which summonses
against the defendant for selling adulterated milk had been dismissed
on production of the Warranty.