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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 3.—continued.
| ORDER. | Year 1917. | Year 1918. | Year 1919. | Totals. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Milk (Winter Prices) Order, 1918, No. 1,165 | .... | .... | l | 1 month's imprisonment | .... | .... | .... | .... | ||||||||
| Persian Dates (Retail Prices) | .... | .... | 2 | 85 | 5 | 0 | .... | .... | 2 | 85 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Public Meals Order, 1917 | l | Dismissed | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | Dismissed | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| do. Nos. 445 and 664 | 2 | Dismissed | .... | .... | .... | .... | 2 | Dismissed | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| do. | 9 | 30 | 6 | 0 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 9 | 30 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Public Meals Orders, 1918, Nos. 445, 664 and 59 | .... | .... | l | Dismissed | .... | .... | 1 | Dismissed | ||||||||
| do. | .... | .... | 2 | Dismissed | .... | .... | 2 | Dismissed | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| costs | costs | |||||||||||||||
| do. | .... | .... | 1 | Dismissed | .... | .... | 1 | Dismissed | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| costs | costs | |||||||||||||||
| do. | .... | .... | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .... | .... | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918, No. 2 * | .... | .... | .... | .... | 3 | Dismissed | 3 | Dismissed | ||||||||
| do. | .... | .... | .... | .... | 5 | 71 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| do. | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | Dealt with under Prob. of Offenders' Act | 1 | Dealt with under Prob. of Offenders' Act | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Spirits (Prices and Description) Order, 1918, No. 470 | .... | .... | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | .... | .... | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Tea (Provisional Prices) Order (No. 2), No. 1,295, 1918 | .... | .... | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .... | .... | 2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 16 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 215 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 359 | 13 | 0 |
TABLE 4.—SUMMARY SHOWING INVESTIGATIONS MADE, CASES ARISING OUT OF INSPECTIONS, AND ACTION TAKEN UNDER VARIOUS ORDERS OF THE FOOD CONTROLLER FOR THE THREE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1919.
| Year. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | l | 7 | 55 | 1ll |
| 1918 | 18 | 14 | .... | .... | 4 | 7 | .... | 64 | 107 |
| 1919 | 9 | l | .... | .... | .... | 1 | .... | 8 | 19 |
| Totals | 42 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 127 | 237 |
ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH.
These buildings, erected by the late Commissioners of Sewers and opened in
January, 1885, stand upon ground formerly the site of several courts and alleys in
the Ward of Portsoken.
There are five "blocks" of Dwellings, severally named King's—Queen's—
Prince's—North—and South, designed for occupation by persons of the artizan
class; some of the ground floors being let as shops. The buildings contain 501