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1897
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one of which the summons was dismissed, because of an
informality in the Analyst's certificates, in a second a fine
of £10, with 12s. 6d. costs, was allowed, and in the third a
fine of 8s, and 12s. costs, was imposed.
(e) That the total penalties and costs awarded the Vestry under
the several Acts were £22 17s. 6d.
District 8.—Inspector Metcalf briefly reports:—
(а) That he investigated 127 cases of infectious disease.
(б) That he inspected 397 premises and made 3,657 re-
inspections, which resulted in a discovery of 1,270
nuisances.
(c) That the following notices were served:—" Form A " 251,
" Form B " 55, " Form C " 17, making a total of 323.
(d) That the notices resulted in 2,342 improvements being
effected in 348 houses.
(e) That 2 summonses were issued under the iPublic Health
(London) Act, 1891,114 under the London County Council
By-laws, and that small penalties were inflicted and orders
to abate the nuisances obtained.
(f) That he obtained 73 samples under the Sale of Food and
Drugs Acts, of which 6 were adulterated. That in one
case the Magistrate dismissed the summons as he held that
olive oil purchased at an oil shop was a food and not a
drug, but that on another summons being issued in which
the olive oil was described as a food a conviction followed.
(g) That the penalties obtained were, under the Public Health
Act, £2 4s,, under the London County Council By-laws,
£10 138. 6d., and under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
£6 0s. 6d., making a total of £18 18s.
District 9.—Inspector Ikving shows in a tabulated statement the
work done by him during the year, the chief items being that 398 premises
were inspected, and that4,222 calls and re-inspections were made.
Also that he issued 339 intimation and statutory notices, and that 7