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Hackney 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table of Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts,
and Margarine Acts during the year 1896.
No. of
Sample.
Article.
Adulteration
or Offence.
Result of Legal
Proceedings.
Remarks.
343
Milk
16% added water
Pined 20/. & 12/6 costs
344
Milk
27%
Withdrawn by order
of Magistrate,defendant
to pay 12/6 costs
348
Margarine
Exposed for sale tin.
labelled and in
plain wrapper
Fined 10/. & 12/6 costs
362
Milk
7% added water
12/6 costs
370
Butter
32% foreign fat
Pined 20/. & 12/6 costs
351
Margarine
Served in plain wrapper
„ 20/. „ 2/. „
376
Milk
4% added water
Withdrawn
372
Milk
12%
Pined 30/. & 12/6 costs
387
Milk
7%
12/6 costs
392
Milk
36%
Fined 40/. & 12/6 costs
399
Milk
6%
„ 10/. „ 12/6 „
384
Cocoa .
27% starch and sugar
12/6 costs
388
Milk
15% added water
Dismissed (warranty
proved)
391
Milk
15% cream abstracted
„ 10/. „12/6 „
404
Milk
28% of fat abstracted
„ 20/.„ 10/. „
419
Milk
6% added water
„ 10/6,, 2/. „
420
Milk
5% „
„ 10/6 „ 2/ „
421
Milk
5% „
„ 10/6 „ 2/. „
422
Milk
6% „
12/6 costs
424
Milk
10% fat abstracted
Fined 10/6 & 2/. costs
438
Milk
16% added water
2/. costs
445
Margarine
Exposed for sale unlabeled
Fined 3/. & 12/6 costs
447
Margarine
„ „
„ 3/. „ 12/6 „
449
Margarine
„ „
„ 5/. „ 12/6 „