London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops
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| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 28th | Johns, Son & Watts, 40 to 48, City Road | Allowing black smoke to issue from the boiler chimney shaft | Fined £4 and and £1 3s. costs |
| „ 29th | The Governors of Northampton Institute, St. John Street | Allowing black smoke to issue from the boiler chimney shaft | Fined £3 and 2s. costs. |
| Mar, 1st | Emily Williason, 87, Cow Cross Street | For selling butter adulterated with 85 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| „ 8th | Emily M. Scott, 21, Finsbury Market | For selling mustard adulterated with 30 per cent. of starch and other farinaceous matter | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs. |
| „ 29th | John Anderson, 20, Wynford Road | For selling butter adulterated with 40 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| Apr. 7th | William King, 86, Farringdon Road | For selling butter (on bread) adulterated with 92 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| „ 28th | John Evans, 32, Rosoman Street | For selling milk adulterated with 24·9 per cent. of added water | Fined £3 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| May 4th | Wm. Watson, 159, Whitecross Street | For selling butter (on bread) adulterated with 92 per cent. of foreign fat | Ordered to pay £1 5s. costs. |
| Thos. Griffiths, 124. Whitecross Street | For selling butter adulterated with 86 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £2 and £1 5s. costs. | |
| Horatio Jones, 67. Whitecross Street | For selling butter (on bread) adulterated with 92 per cent. of foreign fat | Fined £1 and £1 5s. costs | |
| Wm. Davies, 127, Golden Lane | For selling coffee adulterated with 24·5 per cent. of chicory | Ordered to pay £1 3s. costs | |
| „ 25th | Emma Williams, 10, White Lion Street | For selling milk adulterated with 24·5 per cent. of added water | Ordered to pay 12s. 6d. costs |
| June 1st | Alfred Stearn, 39, Central Street | For selling as Demerara sugar, sugar crystals coloured with a dye | Fined £1 and 12s. costs |