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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
St Luke 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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This year 193 samples of Food and Drugs have been taken for analysis.
The following table shows the number of samples, with fines and costs :—
| Articles submitted to Public Analyst. | Number of Samples. | Number Adulterated. | Number of Proceedings. | Number in which Proceedings were not taken. | Number Certified as of Poor Quality. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Milk | 90 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| Butter | 42 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
| Cheese | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Filled Cheese | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lard | 5 | ||||||||||
| Margarine | 5 | ||||||||||
| Coffee | 9 | ||||||||||
| Demerara Sugar | 3 | ||||||||||
| Pepper | 7 | ||||||||||
| Cocoa | 1 | ||||||||||
| Coffee Mixture | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ground Ginger | 2 | ... | |||||||||
| Condensed Milk | 2 | ||||||||||
| Cod Liver Oil | 1 | ||||||||||
| Epsom Salts | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tincture of Rhubarb | 1 | ||||||||||
| Castor Oil | 1 | ||||||||||
| Oatmeal Soap | 1 | ||||||||||
| Curry Powder | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sweets | 1 | ||||||||||
| Brandy | 4 | ||||||||||
| Whisky | 5 | ||||||||||
| Gin | 8 | ||||||||||
| Port Wine | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sherry | 1 | ||||||||||
| Water | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ice Cream | 1 | ||||||||||
| 193 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 9 | £28 | 9 | 6 | £12 | 13 | 0 | |
Margarine Act.
Proceedings. Fines. Costs.
Exposing for sale, unlabelled ... 7 ... £10 0 ... £2 14 0
In one case vendor absconded, and in most of the other cases
proceedings were also taken under the sale of Food and Drugs
Act.