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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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SECTION 2 (General protection for purchasers of food and drugs). This
section provides that a person selling to the prejudice of the purchaser
any food or drug which is not of the nature, or not of the substance, or
not of the quality demanded by the purchaser, shall be guilty of an
offence. In eleven cases legal proceedings were taken under this section with the results indicated.
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s„ | d. | |
| Selling baking powder not of the quality demanded in that it was deficient in Carbon Dioxide. | No penalty | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selling chicken and ham paste not of the quality demanded in that it was deficient in meat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Selling buttered bread not of the nature or quality demanded in that the fat spread on the bread was deficient in butter fat. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Selling buttered bread not of the nature or quality demanded in that the fat spread on the bread was deficient in butter fat. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Selling buttered bread not of the nature or quality demanded in that the fat spread on the bread was deficient in butter fat. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Selling buttered rolls not of the nature or quality demanded in that the fat on the rolls was deficient in butter fat. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Selling wafer biscuits not of the quality demanded in that they were infested with insect larvae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Selling macaroni not of the quality demanded in that it was infested with weevil. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Selling a bread roll not of the quality demanded in that it contained a piece of string. | No penalty (absolute discharge) | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selling a packet of "Rice Crispies" not of the quality demanded in that they contained mouse excreta. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Selling a bread roll not of the quality demanded in that it contained mouse excreta. | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
SECTION 4 (Regulations as to composition of food, etc.) The following
Regulations were made:-