Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The Chief Inspector's annual report on the work of the sanitary department for the year ending December, 1900
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crafty dealing and hard swearing at the Police Court some of their
fraudulent earnings have had to be returned to the ratepayers in the
shape of penalties and costs, as the following particulars show :—
Summonses issued, 44; penalties ordered to be paid, £230 14s. 6d.;
costs allowed, £26 19s. 6d. Total, £257 Of this amount one
fine of £,12 was not recovered, and another defendant went to prison
for some part of the time ordered, and paid a fine for the remainder,
thus rendering the actual amount recovered to £236 10s. 4d.
Particulars of these cases are as follows:—
Name of Vendor. | Nature of Offence. | Result. |
---|---|---|
s. J | Selling Butter containing 971/2 per cent, of Foreign Fat | Penalty £3 and 12/6 costs. |
E.E | Margarine exposed for Sale not properly labelled | Withdrawn upon payment of £1 3s. costs. |
H. T. B | Selling Milk with 25 per cent, of added Water | Penalty £5 and 12/6 costs. |
T. R. L | Selling Milk with 7 per cent, of added Water | ,, £1 and 12/6 ,, |
D. T | Selling Milk with 8 per cent, of added Water | |
J.s | Absence of Name and Address on Milk Receptacles | ,, 10/- and 2/- „ |
L. G | Ditto | Ordered to pay 2/- |
S. D | Ditto | Fined 2/6 and 2/- ,, |
Ditto | Ordered to pay 12/6 | |
J.J | Absence of Name and Address on Milk Receptacles | Fined 1/- and 2/- ,, |
Ditto | ||
J B | ||
B. W | Fined £5 and 12/6 costs. | |
H. H | ||
M.B. | Absence of Name and Address on Milk Receptacles | 10/- and 2/- |
W. H | Penalty £12. | |
T. D |