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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DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS.
Date. | Where heard. | Before whom. | Occupation of Person Summoned. | Defendant's Place of Residence. | Result. |
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1898. | |||||
7 Jan. | Guildhall Justice Room | Cattle Dealer | Tetbury. Gloucestershire | £25 and £5s. costs | |
11 Feb | Aid. Sir J. Savory | Butcher & Publican | Battisham, Cambridgeshire | Three months' hard labour without the option of a fine | |
23 „ | „ Sir J. Knill | Baker & Milkman | Norwich Road, Lowestoft | £25 and £3 3s costs | |
14 Mar. | „ SirJ. V. Moore | Farmer | Great Bardfield, Essex | £10 and £3 s costs | |
21 „ | „ Newton | „ | Bucklease Farm, Pewsey, Wiltshire | £40 and £4 4s. costs | |
23 , | „ „ | „ | Folkingham, Lincolnshire | £5 and £5s. costs | |
6 April | „ Sir J.T.Ritchie | Shopkeeper | Methwold, Norfolk | Three months' imprisonment in default of payment of a fine of £50 and £6 6s. costs | |
25 „ | ,, Treloar | Farmer | Earls Colne, Essex | £5 and £3s. costs | |
6 May | „ Smallman | Grocer | Little Bromley, near Manningtree, Essex | £10 and £3 3s costs | |
8 June | „ Sir J. Knill | Small Farmer | Bonsall, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire | £20 and £5 5s. costs | |
8 Oct. | „ Truscott | Swift Beef Co. | West Smithfield | Case dismissed | |
16 Dec. | Innkeeper | Uffculme, Devonshire | 40s. and £10 10s. costs |
N.B.—The average of fines and costs in the 10 cases fined amounts to £18 10s. 1d.; eighteen per cent, of the persons convicted were
sent to prison.