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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

City of London 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896

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Four prosecutions were instituted under the
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, with fines of £3,
£2, £15, and two shillings, and one prosecution
under the Margarine Act, where a fine of 10s.
was imposed. The costs in these cases varied
from 2s. to 7s. 6d.
The New River Company's water supply to
the City of London has been examined from
time to time.
I have again to acknowledge the assistance
rendered in this part of my duty by Mr. Howard
B. Turner, F.I.C., Sanitary Clerk.
I have the honour to be.
Your obedient Servant,
WM. SEDGWICK SAUNDERS, M.D.
Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Great
Britain and Ireland. Public Analyst
for the City of London, etc., etc., etc.