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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
Stepney 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Under the Public Health (London) Act for various nuisances | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| For selling unsound food | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | |
| By-laws for Houses let in Lodgings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| General Powers Acts | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Metropolis Management Act | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Food and Drugs Acts | 529 | 13 | 0 | 83 | 10 | 6 |
| Refusing to serve samples for Analysis | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Margarine Act, 1887 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 708 | 10 | 0 | 178 | 5 | 6 |
Table showing the number of milk premises, slaughter houses, ice-cream premises, &c., together with the number of inspections made to them.
| PREMISES | NUMBER OF PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1913. | Number of notices, 1913. | Number of prosecutions, 1913. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. on register at end of 1912. | No. added in 1913. | No. removed in 1913. | No. on register at end of 1913. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) | (6) | (7) | |
| Milk premises | 1051 | 38 | 488 | 601 | 1954 | 170 | 9 |
| Cowsheds | 32 | ... | 1 | 31 | 53 | ||
| Slaughter-houses | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | ... | |
| Other offensive trade premises | 7 | ... | ... | 7 | 28 | 1 | ... |
| Ice cream premises | 201 | 38 | 8 | 231 | 429 | 64 | ... |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2911 | 2509 | 2911* | 2509 | 5310 | (a) 269 | (a) 3 |
| (b) 2550 | (b) 5 | ||||||
* Automatically removed by new Bye-laws.
(a) For overcrowding. (b) For other conditions.