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 1898
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Police Court proceedings were instituted on
four occasions, but "abatement" orders with
costs only were made, and in no instance was
any fine imposed.
The issuing of black smoke in the City of
London may therefore be regarded as a minor
offence, so far as the terrors of the law are
concerned.