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 Hackney]
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Table.
Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the year 1901.
No. of sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fined. | Costs. | Remarks. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
49 | Butter | 8% foreign fat | Dismissed, 3rd sample sent to Somerset House, returned Genuine." | £4 4s. costs against Council. | ||||||
101 | Butter | 65% foreign fat | Fined | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
111 | Milk | 6% added water | Fined | 12 | 6 | |||||
81 | Butter | 10% foreign fat | Dismissed. 3rd sample sent to Somerset House, returned " Genuine." | £3 3s. costs against Council. | ||||||
82 | Butter | 100% foreign fat | Fined | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
129 | Milk | 10% fat abstracted | Dismissed. Summons re t u rn able for "Good Friday." | |||||||
139 | Butter | 37% foreign fat | Fined | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
175 | Milk | 20% fat abstracted | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
206 233 | Margarine Butter | Exposed for sale unlabeled 100% foreign fat | Fined Fined | 1 5 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 12 12 | 6 6 | ||
287 | Milk | 11% fat abstracted | Fined | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
289 | Milk | 17% fat abstracted | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
289 | Milk | 7% added water | Dismissed | 10s. 6d. costs against Council | ||||||
292 | Milk | 7% added water | Fined | 12 | 6 | |||||
295 | Butter | 100% foreign fat | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
299 | Butter | 100% foreign fat | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
321 | Milk | 6% added water | Fined | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
302 | Milk | 14% added water .. | Fined | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 |