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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No. of Sample | Article | Adulteration or Offence | Result of Legal Proceedings | Fine | Costs | ||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
134a | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Fined | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
119a | Milk | 3.89% added water | Withdrawn (abnormal and above standard) | ||||||
141a | „ | 3.3% fat abstracted | Withdrawn | ||||||
173a | „ | 13.3% fat abstracted | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
160a | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Fined | 10 | 0 | ||||
4b | Milk | 4.24% added water | Fined | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
„ | No name or address on vehicle | Fined | 10 | 0 | |||||
11r | „ | 8.12% added water | Dismissed (Warranty proved) | ||||||
7r | „ | 10.25% added water | „ „ | ||||||
13e | „ | 13.3% fat abstracted | Fined | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
14e | Skimmed Milk | 4.48% added water | Fined | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
8p | Milk | 9.3% fat abstracted | Dismissed (Warranty proved) | ||||||
„ | No name and address on vehicle | Fined | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Withdrawn | |||||||||
12d | „ | 3.77% added water | (Incapable of analysis) | ||||||
13m | „ | 16.7% fat abstracted | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
14m | „ | 3.3% „ „ | „ „ | ||||||
15m | „ | 10.0% „ „ | „ „ | ||||||
16m | „ | 26.7% „ „ | „ „ | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
14p | Margarine | Served in plain wrapper | Fined | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
20m | „ | 4% excess of water | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
26y | Milk | 21.88% added water | Fined | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
29e | Whisky | 13% excess of water | Withdrawn on payment of | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
30e | Rum | 14.06% excess of water | „ „ | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
35n | Olive Oil | 100% Cottonseed Oil | Dismissed | ||||||
36m | Syrup of Squill | 33.69% deficient in Vinegar of Squill | Withdrawn on payment of | ||||||
1.85% deficient in Sugar | 2 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
31 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |