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City of London 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1919

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Table 1.—Shows the number of investigations and the action taken.
Table 2.—Is a classification of the contravention of the Food Orders in which
legal proceedings were taken.
Table 3.—Is a summary of Tables 1 in the Annual Reports for 1917-18-19.
Table 4.—Is a summary of Tables 2 as contained in the Annual Reports for
1917-18-19.

Table: TABLE 1.—SHOWING INVESTIGATIONS MADE, CASES ARISING OUT OF INSPECTIONS, AND ACTION TAKEN UNDER VARIOUS ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER FROM 1st JANUARY, 1919, TO 31st DECEMBER, 1919.

TABLE 1.—SHOWING INVESTIGATIONS MADE, CASES ARISING OUT OF INSPECTIONS, AND ACTION TAKEN UNDER VARIOUS ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER FROM 1st JANUARY, 1919, TO 31st DECEMBER, 1919.

No. of Order.Title of Order.Prosecutions.Cautions.Complaints not justified.Unable to test.Forwarded to Authorities concerned.Reported to Food Controller.Prosecutions not proceeded with.Minor infringements and no action taken.Total Number of Cases.
103The Beer (Prices and Description) Order, 1919............................66
2The Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 19189............................9
517 & 788The Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1919............................22
212The Waste of Foodstuffs' Order, 1918....l........................1
12The Whiskey (Restriction on Sales) Order, 1918....................l........1
9l............l....819

Table: TABLE II. PROSECUTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE FOOD CONTROL ORDERS FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1919.Classificationof Contraventions.

TABLE II. PROSECUTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE FOOD CONTROL ORDERS FROM 1st JANUARY TO 31st DECEMBER, 1919.

Classificationof Contraventions.

Order.Offence.Result.
The Spirits (Prices and Description) Order No. 2,1918.Selling whiskey at excessive price.Fined £25 and 5 guineas costs.
Do.Not selling by Imperial measure.Dismissed.
Do.Selling gin at excessive price.Fined £25.
Do.Not selling by Imperial measure.Dismissed.
Do.Selling whiskey at excessive price.Fined 5 guineas.
Do.Selling gin at excessive price.Fined 3 guineas.
Do.Selling whiskey at excessive price.Fined £5 and 3 guineas costs.
Do.Selling whiskey at excessive price.Dismissed.
Do.Selling gin at excessive price.Dealt with under the Probation of Offenders' Act— ordered to pay 4 guineas costs.

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Total—Fines, £63 /8 /0; Costs, £12 /12 /0.

Table: TABLE 3.—SUMMARY OF PROSECUTIONS TAKEN UNDER FOOD CONTROL ORDERS FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1919.

TABLE 3.—SUMMARY OF PROSECUTIONS TAKEN UNDER FOOD CONTROL ORDERS FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1919.

ORDER.Year 1917.Year 1918.Year 1919.Total
Prosecutions.Fines including costs.Prosecutions.Fines including costs.Prosecutions.Fines including costs.Prosecutions.Fines including costs.
£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
Bacon, Ham and Lard (Provisional Prices) Order 1917, No. 1,162l210............l210
Beans, Peas and Pulse (Retail Prices) Order, No. 511l1000............l1000
Dutch Cheese (Prices) Order, 1917......l3330......l3330
Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1917, No. 42922320............22320
Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, No. 1,162......l1220......11220
Meat (Rationing) Order, 1918, No. 404......22540......22540
do. No. 417......1420......1420
Milk (Amendment)Order, 1917, No. 317......1Dismissed......1Dismissed