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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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B 382. Buttered rolls. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £20 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 833. Bread and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £1 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
C 412. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £2 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 505. Rolls and butter. The fat contained at least 38 per cent, of
margarine fat. Discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act.
Vendor paid £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 539. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £1 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 670. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £2 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 671. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £2 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 674. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £1 with £2 2s. Od. costs.
B 767. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £1 with £1 1s. Od. costs.
B 768. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £l with £1 1s. Od. costs.
B 815. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Vendor fined £l with 10s. 6d. costs.
C 839. Rolls and butter. The fat consisted entirely of margarine fat.
Discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act. Vendor paid
£2 2s. Od. costs.
Considerably more samples of bread and butter and rolls and butter have been taken during the year. The figures for the years during which these samples have been taken are given below.
| Year. | Number of Samples. | Number Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 23 | 5 | 21.7 |
| 1936 | 43 | 6 | 14.0 |
| 1937 | 69 | 12 | 17.4 |
| 1938 | 185 | 41 | 22.0 |
Butter.—Out of 53 samples of butter analysed 9, or 17 per cent., were
adulterated.
B 310 (Informal). Contained at least 37 per cent, of margarine.
B 325 (Informal). Contained at least 50 per cent, of margarine.
B 335 (Informal). Contained at least 45 per cent, of margarine.
B 337 (Informal). Contained at least 60 per cent, of margarine.
B 338 (Informal). Contained at least 55 per cent, of margarine.
B 342 (Informal). Contained at least 55 per cent, of margarine.
B 349 (Informal). Contained at least 57 per cent, of margarine.
B 371 (Informal). Contained at least 36 per cent, of margarine.
B 368 (Same vendor as the above eight samples). Contained at least 36
per cent, of margarine. Vendors fined £10 with £10 10s. Od. costs.