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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
Islington 1916
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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77 [1916
SUMMARY OF PROSECUTIONS.—During year 1916.
| Total Prosecutions. | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn. | Amount of Penalties Received. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Public Health (London) Act, 1891 " | 5 | 4 | ... | 11 | ₤ | s. | d. |
| 21 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| " Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-99 " | 64 | 43 | 17* | 4+ | 141 | 15 | 6 |
| " Margarine Act, 1887 " | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 171 | 14 | 6 |
* Warranty established in nine summonses. Five cases were dismissed on their merits One
summons dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act, on payment of £1 3s. 0d. costs; whilst two
were alternative summonses.
† These were alternative summonses. Work done prior to hearing of summons.