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Stepney 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Date.Matter of Information or Complaint.Result.
18th MarchSelling milk on 15th January, containing at least 1.1 per cent. added water, Hortvet.(Sample B.40).Case withdrawn.
18th MarchSelling milk on 15th January, containing at least 1.1 per cent. added water, Hortvet.(Sample B.39).Case withdrawn.
18th MarchSelling milk on 9th February which contained at least 1.1 per cent. of added water Hortvet.(Sample C.101).Summons dismissed
18th MarchSelling milk on 19th February, which contained at least 1.1 per cent. of added water, Hortvet. (Sample C.136).Summons dismissed.
23rd MarchSelling milk on 25th January which contained at least 14.9 per cent. added water, Hortvet. (Sample B.48).Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Pay £2 2s. 0d. costs.
31st MarchSelling milk on 7th March which contained at least 3.4 per cent. added water, Hortvet.(Sample C.176).Case withdrawn.
6th AprilSelling milk on 21st January deficient of 8.6 per cent. of solids-not-fat, equal to at least 10.4 per cent. added water(Hortvet).(Sample C. 53.)Fined £2 0s. 0d. Pay £3 3s. 0d. costs.
18th OctoberSelling milk on 3rd September, which which was deficient of 8.2 per cent. solids-not-fat, equivalent to the addition of at least 10.6 per cent. of water(Hortvet).(Sample C. 551.)Fined £3. Pay £2 2s. 0d. costs. On the application of the Council, the Magistrate ordered the removal of Vendor's name absolutely from the Register of Dairymen and Purveyors.
27th OctoberSelling milk on 13th September, to which water had been added. At least 24.5 per cent. added water(Hortvet).(Sample B.507.)Fined £10 0s. 0d. On the application of the Council, the Magistrate ordered the removal of Vendor's name from the Register of Dairymen, and Purveyors of Milk
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915
21st OctoberFailing to have their name and address 15, Narrow Street conspicuously inscribed on their milk float on 20th August.Fined £2. Pay £1 Is. 0d. costs.
27th OctoberFailing to have name and address (68,Jane Street) conspicuously inscribed upon a vehicle from which he was selling milk in a public place on 13th September.Fined £1.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
26th OctoberSelling at 161, Commercial Street, a poison listed in Part II without being on the Local Authority's List.Pay £2 2s. 0d. costs.
London County Council Bye-Laws for Regulating the Conduct of a Fried Fish Vendor.
12 th OctoberFailing to discharge the vapour caused by fish-frying at 7, High Street, Whitechapel on 23rd June, in the manner prescribed in the Bye-laws.Fined £2. Pay £2 2s. 0d. costs.