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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 1907

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: During the year under review we have only had 2 prosecutions. The table of prosecutions 1901-1907 is as follows:—

During the year under review we have only had 2 prosecutions. The table of prosecutions 1901-1907 is as follows:—

Years.No. of Cases of Meat Prosecution.No. of Convictions.Cases Dismissed.Weight of Meat, Ac., confiscated (in tons).
19012424—30
19021616—75
190319181101
19041515—76
190599—94
190653—121
190722—100

Table: TABLE OF MEAT, &c., PROSECUTIONS, 1907.

TABLE OF MEAT, &c., PROSECUTIONS, 1907.

Date of Trial.Defendant's Name and Address.Article.Where Seized and Name of Inspector.Penalty and Costs Inflicted.
June 11thCharles Harris, 5, Smith Street, Canning Town, Essex.Four quarters of Beef weighing 224 lbs. This Beef was very emaciated and devoid of fat. The pleura had been partly stripped from the walls of the chest. On the marginal portions there were numerous tubercles. All the glands were enlarged, and some were also tuberculous.In a cart at Cowcross Street, Finsbury. (Inspector Billing.)£10, and £2 2s. costs.
Dec. 3rdDavid Van Gelder. 307, Camden Road, N.A carcase of Mutton weighing 42 lbs. This carcase was extremely emaciated. The pleura and also the peritoneum had been partly stripped. The marginal portions of pleura and peritoneum were much thickened, and also flabby and wet. There were several abscesses on the sternum and also on the flanks.101, Charterhouse Street, Finsbury. (Inspector Billing.)£50.