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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Details are given below with regard to the adulterated formal samples and the action taken by the Council in respect thereof:—
Description. | Nature and Extent of Adulteration. | Action taken. |
---|---|---|
14.F Milk | 6.7% fat abstracted | Proceedings. Summons dismissed on payment of £1 1s. costs. |
20.G ,, | 21.7% ,, | Proceedings. Fined £1 and £2 2s. costs. |
32 .S | 3.0% „ | Vendor warned. |
64.N Butter | 0.6% added water | |
31 K „ | 0 4% | |
11 .Z Malt Vinegar | 17.5% „ „ „ | Proceedings. Summons dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. |
19.W Pepper | 13.0% added magnesium carbonate | „ „ |
35 ,Y Dripping | Excess of free fatty acids as oleic acid | Vendor warned. |
10.H Lard | Mainly fats other than lard | No action. Sold as lard substitute |
37.Y Chopped Meat | Sulphur dioxide 326 parts per million | Proceedings. Fined £2 and £2 2s. costs. |
47.Y „ „ | Sulphur dioxide 134 parts per million | Proceedings. Fined £3. |
51.Y „ „ | Sulphur dioxide 64 parts per million | Proceedings. Fined £3 and £1 1s. costs. |
81.N ,, ,, | Sulphur dioxide 51 parts per million | Vendor warned. |
There were thus seven prosecutions instituted during the year,
resulting in the payment of £15 6s. in fines and costs.
The average composition of the formal milk samples taken in 1930 is shown in the following table in order that a comparison may be made with the standard of genuineness accepted by the Ministry of Agriculture, namely, 3.0 per cent, milk fat and 8.5 per cent, solids not fat:—
Months. | Number of Formal Samples taken. | Average Composition of all Samples. | Average Composition of Genuine Samples. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat | ||
January | — | - | - | - | - |
February | 36 | 3.34 | 8.91 | 3.34 | 8.91 |
March | 84 | 3.37 | 8.86 | 3.37 | 8.86 |
April | 54 | 3.45 | 9.00 | 3.47 | 9.00 |
May | 44 | 3.28 | 9.13 | 3.28 | 9.13 |
June | 34 | 3.28 | 9.14 | 3.28 | 9.14 |
July | 24 | 3.37 | 9.12 | 3.37 | 9.12 |
August | 36 | 3.36 | 9.09 | 3.36 | 9.09 |
September | 6 | 3.46 | 8.93 | 3.58 | 8.95 |
October | 29 | 3.60 | 9.06 | 3.60 | 9.06 |
November | 18 | 3.75 | 9.08 | 3.75 | 9.08 |
December | 17 | 3.54 | 9.05 | 3.54 | 9.05 |
Average | - | 3.43 | 9.03 | 3.44 | 9.03 |