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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

Bethnal Green 1913

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: The following is a summary of legal proceedings, etc., in connection with samples taken for analysis:

The following is a summary of legal proceedings, etc., in connection with samples taken for analysis:

No. ofAdulterated Samples.Other Offences.No. of SummonsesIssued and Cases Pending at 31st Dec., 1912.No of Convictions Obtained.No. ofCases Dismissed.No. of Summonses Withdrawn.No. of Cases Pending at 31st Dec., 1913.
831905814108

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Fourteen cases were dismissed upon successful
" warranty " defence.
In two cases defendants applied to have the third
portions of samples analysed at Somerset House The
results of analysis differed from those obtained by the
Public Analyst, and the cases were thereupon withdrawn,
the Council paying ,£1 11s. 6d. in each case.
In seven of the ten cases withdrawn, convictions
were obtained on other summonses in respect of the
same samples; in one case the bottle containing the
third portion of sample burst, owing to the internal
pressure developed by decomposition of the sample.