Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922
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PROSECUTIONS FOR OFFENCES OTHER THAN ADULTERATION
Article. | No. of Sample. | Offence. | Result of Prosecution. |
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Sale of Food and Drugs | Acts. | ||
Milk | 57 | Selling milk from a vehicle and receptacle on neither of which was inscribed the name and address of the vendor as required by the Act. | Fined £2. Costs £1 1s. |
do. | 210 | do. | Ordered to pay costs £1 1s. |
do. | – | (1) Wilfully obstructing and impeding the Inspector in the course of his duties. | Fined £20. Costs £5 5s. |
(2) Refusing to allow Inspector to take a sample of milk on delivery. | Withdrawn in view of conviction on first summons. | ||
(3) Aiding and abetting the roundsman in the above case of obstruction. | do. | ||
(4) Aiding and abetting the roundsman in the above case of refusal to allow Inspector to take a sample. | do. | ||
Margarine | 365 | (1) Exposing for sale an unlabelled parcel of margarine. | Fined £1. |
(2) Selling margarine by retail in a plain wrapper. | Withdrawn. | ||
do. | 508 | do. | Fined 10s. in respect of each offence. |
do. | 564 | do. | Ordered to pay 10s. costs in respect of first offence. Second summons withdrawn. |
do. | 637 | do. | Fined 5s. Costs 25s. in respect of each offence. |
do. | 78 | Exposing for sale an unlabelled parcel of margarine. | Fined £1. Costs £1. |
do. | 62 | do. | Fined 10s. Costs 10s. |
do. | 256 | do. | Fined £1. |