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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

Finsbury 1902

Report on the public health of 1902

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Data.Name and Address of Defendant.Offence.Result.
Aug. 15thJohn Rowland, 24, Collier StreetFor selling milk which had been adulterated by the addition of 6•3 per cent. waterFined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs.
Aug. 28thZalic Woolf, 64, Lever StreetFor selling milk from which 18•3 per cent. of its fat had been abstractedFined £1 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs.
„Mary Davies, 42, Ironmonger RowFor selling milk from which 16•0 per cent. of its fat had been abstractedFined £1 5s.
Aug. 29thW. H. Jones, 182, St. John Street RoadFor selling milk from a barrow without first having his name and address legibly inscribed thereonFined 5s. and 5s. costs.
Sept. 27thWilliam Shapcott, 1, Brewer Street NorthFor selling condensed milk adulterated by the admixture of 4474 cane sugarFined 10s. and £15 15s. costs.
Nov. 7thEllen Seager, 232, City RoadFor selling butter adulterated with 78 per cent. foreign fatFined £4.
Nov. 28thRees Evans, 27, Whiskin StreetFor selling milk adulterated by the addition of 4 9 per cent. of waterOrdered to pay 12s. 6d. costs.
Dec. 5thEvan Thomas, 230, St. John StreetFor selling milk adulterated with 10•8 per cent. of added waterFined £2 and £1 13s. 6d. costs.
Dec. 17thWm. Jenkins, 6, Aylesbury StreetFor selling milk from which 7•0 per cent. of its cream had been abstractedAdjourned to January 14th, 1903. (Fined £10 and £3 13s. 6d. costs.)

Table: SMOKE NUISANCES.

SMOKE NUISANCES.

July 2ndCannon Brewery Company, Limited, 156, St. John StreetFor allowing black smoke to issue from boiler chimney shaft in such quantity as to be a nuisanceFined £5 and £2 2s. costs.
Oct. 24thMessrs. Drake, Driver & Leaver, 22-26, Rosebery AvenueFor allowing black smoke to issue from boiler chimney shaft in such quantity as to be a nuisanceOrdered to Pay £3 5s. costs.