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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 1924
Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924
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APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 1924. (Other than under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, for which see pp. 43 and 49.)
| Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Inspector. | Result and Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th January | Failing to take steps to prevent premises, 327, Whitechapel Road, being infested by rats, after being served with requisite Notice. | Billings | Fined £5, with costs £3 3s. | ||
| 12th February | Exposing for sale, intended for human food, 16 tins Salmon, unfit for human food. | Henley | Bound over in sum of £2. | ||
| 12th February | Depositing for sale, intended for human food, 34 tins Salmon, unfit for human food. | Henley | Do. | do. | |
| (Proceedings taken against the wholesaler.) | |||||
| 12th February | Causing 34 tins Salmon, unfit for human food, to be deposited for sale, for food of man. | Henley | Do. | do. | |
| 12th February | Causing 16 tins Salmon, unfit for human food, to be exposed for sale, for food of man. | Henley | Do. | do. | |
| 12th February | Selling to retailer, 50 tins Salmon, unfit for human food, for purpose of sale intended for human food. | Henley | Fined £10, with costs £5 5s. | ||
| 28th February | Failing to deposit with Sanitary Authority, drainage plans. | Billings | Fined £1, with costs £3 3s. | ||
| 20th March | Omitting to give written notice of intention to fit W.C. pan and trap. | Billings | Costs awarded Council, £1 1s. | ||
| 27th March | Failing to provide Council with List of Outworkers. | Jenkins | Fined £2, with costs £2 2s. | ||
| 27th March | Do. | do. | Do. | Fined 10s. | |
| 27th March | Failing to keep on premises prescribed form of particulars of all Outworkers employed. | Do. | Fined 10s. | ||
| 27th March | Non-compliance with Statutory Notice requiring abatement of nuisance. | Jones | Defendant ordered to do work in 14 days, and pay costs, £2 2s. | ||
| 11th April | Making default with Nuisance Order granted by Magistrate on 1/11/23. | Billings | Fined £5. | ||
| 24th April | Non-compliance with Statutory Notice requiring abatement of nuisance. | Bare | Adjourned sine die. | ||
| 15th May | Do. | do. | Billings | Defendant ordered to do work in 14 days, and pay £2 2s. costs. | |
| 27th May | Exposing for sale, intended for human food, about 7 lbs. Pears, unfit for human food. | Do | Fined £1, with costs £1 1s. | ||
| 27th May | Non compliance with Statutory Notice requiring abatement of Nuisance. | Bare | Defendant ordered to do work in 7 days, and pay costs, £1 1s. | ||
| 27th May | Do. | do. | Do | Do. | do. |
| 29th May | Do. | do. | Jenkins | Defendant ordered to do work in 14 days, and pay £2 2s. costs. | |
| 29th May | Do. | do. | Do | Do | do. |