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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 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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During the year 21 prosecutions were instituted in connection
with the adulteration of milk. The details are displayed on a
subsequent page. The subjoined table gives the statistics since
1901.
MILK PROSECUTIONS, 1901 1910.
| Year. | No. of Convictions. | Fines amounting to. | Costs amounting to. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 32 | £44 | 17 | 6 | £17 | 12 | 6 |
| 1902 | 23 | £33 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1903 | 26 | £63 | 0 | 0 | £22 | 8 | 0 |
| 1904 | 20 | £40 | 0 | 0 | £16 | 4 | 0 |
| 1905 | 5 | £4 | 0 | 0 | £2 | 13 | 0 |
| 1906 | 15 | £29 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1907 | 14 | £42 | I | 0 | £22 | 13 | 0 |
| 1908 | 12 | £22 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1909 | 9 | £21 | 15 | 1 | £5 | 12 | 6 |
| 1910 | 10 | £32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 166 | £337 | 19 | 4 | £148 | 0 | ||
Total for Fines and Costs = ,£486 4s. 4d.
The following table, taken from the Annual Report of the Local
Government Board for 1909.1910, compares the milk vigilance of
Finsbury with that of the other Metropolitan Boroughs.