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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Number. | Deficient in Fat per cent. | Deficient in Solids-not-fat per cent. | Minimum added water per cent. Hortvet. | Action : Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C 603 | - | - | 2.1 | Vendor cautioned. |
| B 599 | — | — | 1.9 | Vendor cautioned. |
| C 699 | 4.5 | Discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act. Vendor paid £1 Is. costs. | ||
| C 733 | — | 6.2 | — | Sample purchased informally. |
| C 776 | — | — | 3.2 | No action. |
| C 781 | — | 2.4 | 6.4 | Vendor fined £2 with £5 5s. costs. |
| C 782 | — | — | 1.9 | Vendor fined £1 with £3 3s. costs. |
| C 794 | 2.5 | Vendor fined £3 with £3 3s. costs and removed from register for all time. | ||
| C 795 | — | — | 4.3 | Not separately dealt with. |
| C 797 | — | — | 3.4 | No action. |
| B 714 | 6.3 | — | 1.5 | Summons dismissed. Vendor paid £2 2s. costs. |
| B 717 | — | — | 1.5 | Vendor fined £2 with £2 2s. costs. |
| C 807 | — | — | 2.8 | Vendor fined 15/-. |
| C 808 | — | — | 2.6 | Vendor fined 15/-. |
| C 809 | — | — | 2.3 | Vendor fined 15/-. |
| C 811 | — | — | 1.9 | Summons dismissed. |
| C 824 | — | — | 1.3 | Vendor cautioned. |
| B 758 | 3.7 | — | — | Vendor cautioned. |
| B 787 | — | — | 1.7 | Vendor cautioned. |
| B 790 | 23.0 | Discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act. Vendor paid £2 2s. costs. |
Also one case (Sample C. 677) in which legal proceedings had been adjourned in 1935 owing to
the absence of the vendor in Italy, resulted in a fine of £1 with £2 2s. costs.
Notes on Table D.
Sample B 106. This sample was 8.0 per cent, deficient in fat. A request was made for "Appeal to cow" samples to be taken. 7 samples were taken at the cowshed, and the following results were obtained :—
| Number. | Fat per cent. | Solids-not-fat per cent. | Deficiency Fat per cent. | Solids-not-fat deficiency per cent. | Freezing point Hortvet. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B 123 | 2.85 | 9.00 | 5.0 | - | - |
| B 124 | 3.95 | 9.67 | — | — | 0.553°C |
| B 125 | 2.95 | 9.00 | 1.7 | — | — |
| B 126 | 3.40 | 8.05 | — | 5.3 | 0.538°C |
| B 127 | 2.40 | 8.88 | 20.0 | — | — |
| B 128 | 2.75 | 8.85 | 8.3 | — | — |
| B 129 | 2.40 | 8.50 | 20.0 | — | 0.566°C |