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 Stepney]
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Table C shows the distribution of the 1,398 samples, taken under the
Food and Drugs Acts, amongst the four districts of Stepney,
Table C.
District. | Number of Samples. | Number Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | Offences under Gutter and Margarine Acts. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mile End | 444 | 6 | 1.3 | 22 |
Whitechapel | 408 | 10 | 2.4 | 12 |
St. George's | 293 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 |
Limehouse | 253 | 8 | 3.1 | 5 |
1,398 | 27 | 1.9 | 44 |
Table D shows the number of samples taken by each Inspector, and gives
particulars of offences and prosecutions.
Table D.
Inspector. | Samples Taken. | Number of Samples. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adulterated. | Unlabeled. | Food & Drugs Acts. | Butter & Margarine Acts. | ||
Johnson | 90 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Quaintrell | 95 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Waterman | 90 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
Twaits | 93 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 |
Pavitt | 124 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Crook | 60 | — | 1 | — | — |
Simpson | 90 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Stiles | 62 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
White | 93 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
Flint | 98 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Wrack | 93 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Mills | 92 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 |
Cook | 102 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Shepherd | 126 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Dee | 90 | 3 | — | — | — |
Total | 1,398 | 27 | 44 | 9 | 19 |
Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings were taken in 28 cases. Details of the individual
prosecutions are given later under the various headings.