Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1895
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every such offence to a penalty of five pounds,
and in the case of a continuing offence to a
further penalty of forty shillings for each day
after written notice of the offence from the
Sanitary Authority:
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or
court before whom any complaint may be made
or any proceedings may be taken in respect of
any such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge
the payment as a penalty of any sum less than
the full amount of the penalty imposed by this
bye-law.