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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

Battersea 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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209
Legal Proceedings.
Summary of Legal Proceedings.

Table: The facts relating to the legal proceedings instituted by the Council in connection with the work of the Health Department are set out on pages 210 to 225, and are summarised below :—

The facts relating to the legal proceedings instituted by the Council in connection with the work of the Health Department are set out on pages 210 to 225, and are summarised below :—

No. of Prosecutions.No. of Convictions.Fines.Costs.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts13874£5.d.£s.d.
1545055126
Smoke nuisances16101500210
Unsound Food10520140120
Contravention of Bye-Laws13521002160
Other proceedings171312504120
Total1941072041406636

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Note.—In two cases the defendants went to prison in
default.