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Bethnal Green 1925
[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]
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SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 1925. (Other than under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, for which see pp. 55 and 61).
| Date of Hearing | Offence | Inspector | Result and Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st January | Repairing W.C. in such manner as to be a nuisance | Billings | Fined £2 |
| 1st January | Omitting to give written notice of intention to fit W.C. pan and trap | Do | Fined £3, with costs £2 2s. |
| 13th January | Exposing for sale, intended for human food, 32 bars of Chocolate, unfit for human food | Weeks | Conviction on Summons below |
| 13th January | Depositing for sale, intended for human food, 144 bars of Chocolate, unfit for human food | Do. | Fined £2, with costs £1 1s. |
| 12th February | Failing to comply with Notice to abate Smoke Nuisance | Bare | Fined £2, with costs £3 3s. |
| 17th March | Non-compliance with Notice requiring abate-ment of nuisance arising from absence of proper water supply | Jones | Summons dismissed |
| 19th March | Non-compliance with Statutory Notice requiring abatement of nuisance | Do | Defendant ordered to do work in 14 days and pay costs £1 1s. |
| 19th March | Do. do. | Do | Do. do. |
| 19th March | Non-compliance with Statutory Notice requiring abatement of nuisance | 'Billings | Defendant ordered to do work in 14 days and pay costs £ 1 1s. |
| 6th April | Depositing for sale, intended for human food about 10 lbs. Chocolate, unfit for human food | Weeks | Fined 13s. and costs £7 7s. |
| 6th April | Exposing for sale, intended for human food about 54 lbs. Chocolate, unfit for human food | Do. | Summons withdrawn, see above |
| 6th April | Selling to retailer, Chocolate unfit for human food, and at that time liable to seizure and condemnation | Do | Summons issued against wholesaler by direction of stipendiary Magis- trate. Dismissed. |
| 16th April | Causing to be conveyed by road through London, during prohibited hours, offensive fish offal | Jenkins | Fined £2, with costs £2 2s. |
| 16th April | Causing to be conveyed by road through London in uncovered vessels, offensive fish offal | Do | Fined £2 |
| 4th June | Exposing for sale, intended for human food about 4 ½lbs. Pears, unfit for human food | Billings | Fined 7s. 6d. |
| 5th June | Wilfully neglecting to keep name and address legibly inscribed on meat stall | Henley | Fined £3 |
| 5th June | Wilfully neglecting suitably to screen back and sides of meat stall to prevent mud, &c., being blown or splashed from ground on to meat | Do | Fined £3 |
| 18th June | Non-compliance with Statutory Notice requiring abatement of Nuisance | Bare | Defendant ordered to do work in 21 days and pay costs 21s. |
| 18th June | Do. do. | Do | Do. do. |
| 18th June | Do. do | Do | Do. do. |