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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Fifteen samples of milk taken in Paddington are included in the tables.
These samples were obtained from a wholesale firm, which supplied milk for
sale in Stepney, and the analyses of the samples were carried out in this
laboratory.
Similarly samples of milk taken from wholesalers in Stepney by our
Inspectors at the request of another Borough, in which the milk is retailed,
are analysed in the laboratories of that Borough.
Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings were taken in 37 cases. Details of the individual
prosecutions are given later under the various headings.
In 17 cases the vendor was cautioned. No action was taken in 3 cases.
The remaining 18 consisted of informal samples.
Table E summarises the results and compares them with the results of
proceedings taken during the years 1927 and 1928.
Table E.
| Year. | Summonses. | Total Fines. | Total Costs. | Average Fine. | Average Total Penalty. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1929 | *33 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) | 65 | 12 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| 1 Margarine (Other offences) | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 3 Milk (Other offences) | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 37 Total | 72 | 2 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 1928 | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 18 Foods and Drugs (Adulteration) | 33 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | |
| 7 Margarine (Other offences) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| 13 Milk (Other offences) | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
| 38 Total | 48 | 12 | 6 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1927 | 11 Food and Drugs Acts | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| *32 samples. Two summonses were taken out in connection with sample G 61 (Butter). | |||||||||||||