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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Date. | Matter of information or complaint. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| 13th Feb. | Selling milk deficient in fat to the extent of 40 per cent. on 7th February. (Sample B.2.) | Fined £3 0s. 0d. with £2 0s. 0d. costs. |
| 14th Feb. | Selling milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 31.8 per cent. and fat to the extent of 20.7 per cent. on 7th January. (Sample B.4.) | Fined £3 0s. 0d. with £2 0s. 0d costs, or one month in default of distress. |
| 14th Feb. | Selling milk deficient in solids-not-fat to the extent of 28.4 per cent. and fat to the extent of 16.7 per cent. on 8th January. (Sample B.12) | Fined £3 0s. 0d. with £2 0s. 0d costs or one month in default of distress. |
| 1st Mar. | Selling milk 25.0 per cent. deficient in fat. on 14th January. (Sample C 30.) | Fined £ 1 0s. 0d. with £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 1st Mar. | Selling milk that was 8.0 per cent. deficient in solids-not-fat (equivalent to the addition of 11.1 per cent. of water) on 14th January. (Sample C.28.) | Dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act on payment of £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 18th Mar. | Selling whisky containing 15.4 per cent. excess water on 8th February. (Sample B.64.) | Dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act on payment of £5 5s. 0d. costs. |
| 8th April | Selling milk 11.0 per cent. deficient in fat on 5th March, (Sample B. 114.) | Fined £2 0s. 0d. with £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 24th April | Selling milk 11.3 per cent. deficient in fat on 25th March. (Sample C. 175.) | Fined £4 0s. 0d. with £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 24th April | Selling milk 5.7 per cent. deficient in fat on 11th March. (Sample C.142.) | Fined £2 10s, 0d. with £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 24th April | Selling milk 10.3 per cent. deficient in fat on 12th March. (Sample C.152 ) | Fined £2 0s. 0d. with £2 2s 0d. costs. |
| 24th June | Selling margarine containing 50 per cent. of fat derived from milk on 22nd May. (Sample B 289.) | Fined £2 with £1 1s. costs. |
| 24th June | Exposing for sale by retail a parcel of Margarine not labelled "Margarine," on 22nd May. | Fined £5 with £2 2s. costs. |
| 24th June | Selling milk 2.4 per cent. deficient in solids-not-fat (4.9 per cent. added water), on 24th May. (Sample C 334.) | Dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act on payment of £4 4s. costs. |
| 24th June | Selling margarine containing 50 per cent. of fat derived from milk on 22nd May. (Sample B.289.) | Fined £2 with £1 1s. costs. |
| 24th June | Exposing for sale by retail a parcel of Margarine not labelled "Margarine," on 22nd May. | Fined £5 with £2 2s. 0d. costs. |