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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 1920
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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60
1920]
Milk Prosecutions
The summary of prosecutions showed that during the year 16 prosecutions
were taken, of which number 6 were successful and 9 were dismissed, while
one was withdrawn.
SUMMARY OF PROSECUTIONS.—During year1920.
| Total Prosecutions. | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn. | Amount Penalties Received. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||||
| "Public Health (London) Act, 1891 ” | 31 | 23 | 3* | 5† | 76 | 16 | 0 |
| "Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-99 " | 23 | 12 | 10§ | 1║ | 47 | 9 | 6 |
| "Margarine Act, 1887 " | Nil. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 54 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 124 | 5 | 6 |
* 1 summons was dismissed upon payment of costs by defendant; another was dismissed
under "Probation of Offenders Act,'' without costs, while the third was an
alternative summons.
†Withdrawn upon payment of costs.
§ Warranties were established in three cases; one summons was dismissed on a point of
law, while six were dismissed upon payment of costs.
|| Summons withdrawn as sample burst,