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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

Lewisham 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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109
DISINFECTION.
During the year 2,000 rooms were disinfected by formalin
spray, and textile articles such as bedding, clothing, &c., removed
from infected homes to the Council's Disinfecting Station for
treatment in the steam disinfector.

Table: UNSOUND FOOD.The following parcels of food were surrendered as unfit for human consumption and subsequently destroyed:—

UNSOUND FOOD.

The following parcels of food were surrendered as unfit for human consumption and subsequently destroyed:—

6 bags greens2 boxes roker
6 pecks strawberries1 trunk plaice
24 rabbits1 box mackerel
1 buttock beef (82 lbs.)1 trunk whiting
3 tins condensed milk4 boxes kippers
10 tins sardines1 trunk small haddocks
1 box cole fish1 box large haddocks
1 barrel and 2 parcels crabs (in all 197).

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The following is a Summary of the Legal Proceedings
instituted by order of your Council:—

Table: Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs andMargarine Acts:—

Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs and

Margarine Acts:—

(a) Adulterations :
Summonses issued12
Convictions obtained11
Fines imposed£30 10s.
Costs imposed£10 12s.

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Details of the above are set out in Tables F, G, and I of the
Report of the Public Analyst, in Part IV. of this Report.