Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Newington]
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St. John's Ward.—Brandon, Eltliam, Flint and Elsted Streets;
Hearn's Buildings; North Row; King's Arch Place; Darwin
Buildings; Beckway, Acre and Tatum Streets; Morecambe,
East and Chatham Streets; Salisbury Row; Munton, Pollock,
Walworth and New Kent Roads; Nursery Row, Darwin, Huntsman
and Barlow Streets; Rodney Place; Deacon, South, Lion and
Beddome Streets; Tisdale Place; Dean's Buildings; Blendon
Row; Balfour Terrace; Larissa, King and Queen, Ash and
Gurney Streets ; Victory Place ; Wansey Street and Chatteris Road.
Trinity Ward,—Union Place; Great Bland, Trinity and Great
Dover Streets; Violet Place; Trinity Square; New Kent Eoad;
Colo, Tabard, Ralph and Lower Bland Streets; Garden Place;
George Court; Trinity Place ; Uxbridge, Rockingham, Swan and
Brockham Streets; Meadow Row; Arch, Silvester, Nebraska and
Theobald Streets; King's Place; Eipley, Tiverton, Upper Bland
and Deverell Streets; Union Square ; Swan Place; Ayliffe, Arnott,
Standard and Lawson Street; Mercer's Court; Uxbridge Place;
County Terrace Street; Warren Place ; Union Road; Bath Terrace
; Falmouth Road; Pitney Place; Falmouth Chambers;
Brunswick Court; Parel Place; Black Horse Court; Sylvester
Buildings ; and Borough High Street.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS, AND THE
MARGARINE ACTS.
Total number of samples taken during the year was 493, comprising
267 of milk, 204 of butter, 7 of mustard, 3 of pepper, 1 of
coffee, 6 of whiskey, 2 of rum, and 3 of gin.
Milk.—Of the 267 samples of milk taken, 240 were found to be
genuine, 7 were only slightly adulterated in which no prosecution
could be proceeded with, and the remaining 20 were sufficiently
adulterated for the vendors to be proceeded against with the
following results:—
Extraneous water in Milk 10 per cent.; penalty, 20/- and 12/6 costs.
„ „ „ 24 „ 100/- „ 12/6 „
„ „ „ 9 „ 20/- ,, 12/6 ,,