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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
Southwark 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS : FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955
| Defendant | Nature of Infringement | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Baker | Selling a dirty bread roll | Case dismissed |
| Baker | Selling a bread roll containing animal faeces. | Fined £2.0. Od. with £3.3.0d. costs. |
| Manufacturer | Selling a meat pie in a mouldy condition | Fined £2.0.0d. with £6.6-0d. costs. |
Seventeen cautionary letters were sent in respect of other non-genuine
samples and other articles of food complained of by the Public.
PHARMACY & POISONS ACT, 1933
During the year 114 inspections were made of the various premises
listed by the Council for the sale of Part II Poisons under
the above Act.
There are 61 names of persons on the Council's list of Sellers
of Part II Poisons.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
Compulsory Removals.
During the year under review, action was taken under the
National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951, for the compulsory
removal as emergencies, of two aged persons in need of care and
attention.
Burial of the Dead.
During the year the Council arranged for sixteen burials under
Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, at a total cost of
Q72.10.0d.
WELFARE OF THE AGED
In her Annual Report, Miss D. Beer, A.I.S.W., Organising
Secretary of the Southwark Old People's Welfare Committee,
observed that the only way to prevent the problem of the care of
the aged from becoming too much of a social and financial burden