London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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In the exercise of my judgment, I again issued summonses
in respect of all the samples taken, judging it
better that, although I may not be able to secure convictions,
I should be able at least to expose the character
of the business being carried on in the district, and it is
so far satisfactory to be able to add that, on two of the
summonses issued the defendant was—in spite of warranty
defences and the assistance of a most able Counsel
on any other of the various technicalities open to him—
convicted on two of the summonses in the sum of £50
each.