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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
Hampstead 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Legal Proceedings.
During the year legal proceedings have had to be resorted to in
several cases, the details of which I append.
Statement of Summary Proceedings taken during the year 1904.
| Ward | Date when proceedings ordered. | Date of Hearing. | Court. | Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1903 1st Dec. | 1904 8th Jan. | Marylebone Police Court | Selling (1) adulterated coffee; (2) adulterated cocoa | Fined—(l) £3 and 12s.6d. costs;(2) £2 and 12s. 6d. costs. |
| 6 | 2nd July | Do | Do | Nuisances (3 premises) | Orders made for abatement together with 6s. costs in each case. |
| 6 | 17th Nov. | Do | Do | Nuisance arising from manure | Manure bin provided, and summons withdrawn on payment of costs. |
| 5 | 1st Oct. | 22nd Jan. | Do | (1) Nuisance;(2) No door or fastenings to w.c. | Orders made for work to be done and fine of £2 and £2 8s. costs imposed. |
| 6 | 1st Dec. | Do | Do | Selling (1) Adulterated butter (2) margarine in plain wrapper | Fined £5 and £2 2s. costs. |
| 6 | 29th Oct. | Do | Do | wrapper Nuisances and contravention of byelaws (4 summonses) | Work done, summonses withdrawn and costs paid. |
| 6 | 15th Dec. | Do | Do | Fined £2 and £3 3s. costs. | Unsound food |
| 1 | 1904 12th Jan. | 27th Jan. | Hampstead Petty Sessional Court | Dairies and Cowsheds Order— (l) Dirty utensils in dairy; (2) Shop in dirty condition | Fined £5 and 7s. 6d. costs. |
| 6 | 1903 2nd July | 18th Mar | Marylebone Police Court | (1) (3 Summonses) Non-compliance with orders; and (2) Non-compliance with bye-laws (2 summonses) (3 premises) | Fined (1) 1s. and 23s. costs on each summons (2) 1s. and 3s. costs on each summons. |
| 1st Oct. | 6 | Do | Do | Non-compliance with nuisance order | Fined 1s. and 23s. costs. |
| 6 | 1904 8th March | Do | Do | Nuisance | Abatement ordermade and 23s |
| 5 | 1903 1st Oct | Do | Do | Non-compliance with abatement order | costs. Work done summons withdrawn on payment of costs. |
| 6 | 1904. 22nd Mar. | 15th April | Do | Selling (1) Adulterated butter; (2) Margarine in plain wrapper | Fined £20 and £5 5s. costs on first summons, and 2s. costs on second. |