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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1914
ALL SAMPLES.
| Year. | No. of Samples | Declared. | Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. | Fines and costs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | ||||||
| 1908 | 340 | 38 | 47 | 13-8 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1909 | 471 | 96 | 88 | 187 | IOO | 15 | 6 |
| 1910 | 633 | 8l | 73 | 11.5 | 78 | 11 | 6 |
| 1911 | 663 | 10 | 68 | 1O.2 | 97 | 6 | 6 |
| 1912 | 783 | 49 | 67 | 8.5 | 102 | 9 | 0 |
| 1913 | 668 | 36 | 89 | 13.3 | 124 | 11 | 6 |
| 1914 - | 685 | 34 | 95 | 13.8 | 158 | 13 | 0 |
| 4.243 | 344 | 527 | 12.4 | 733 | 12 | 9 | |
I am, your obedient servant,
Tom L. Burrell,
Food and Drugs Inspector.
T able CXXV.
SUMMARY OF PROSECUTIONS.—During year 1914.
| Total Prosecutions. | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn. | Amount of Penalties Received. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Public Health (London) Act, 1891" | 22 | 17 | 1† | 4§ | S. | d | |
| 60 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| "Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-99" | 72 | 58 | 1* | 13‡ | 176 | 7 | 6 |
| "Margarine Act, 1887" | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| "London County Council By-laws" | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 110 | 91 | 2 | 17 | 270 | 2 | 0 |
t Defendant proved he was not the owner.
* Warranty successfully pleaded.
§Work executed prior to hearing of summonses in two cases. The other two cases were
alternative summonses.
‡Eleven of these were alternative summonses One summons was withdrawn on warranty being
successfully pleaded, whilst in the other case the defendant proved he was not the
vendor.