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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
City of Westminster 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Analysis of Legal Proceedings.
| Dwellings. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Failing to abate nuisances— Two convictions | __ | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Failing to comply with Order to abate a nuisance— | ||||||
| One conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Food. | ||||||
| Selling food intended for, but unfit for, human consumption— | ||||||
| One conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Selling food not of the quality demanded by the purchaser— | ||||||
| One conviction | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Selling food to the prejudice of the purchaser— | ||||||
| Three convictions | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| £44 | 0 | 0 | £21 | 9 | 0 | |
Food.
Selling food intended for, but unfit for,
human consumption. Summons
dismissed Defendants awarded
£10 10s. Costs.
Water.
The resident population of 97,630 in some '27,300 dwellings received
water from the Metropolitan Water Board's mains or from deep wells.
Eighty-seven deep wells were in use at 31st December, 1955, compared
with eighty-eight at the same time in 1954. In eighty-four of these
wells, the water is used for domestic purposes. In the remainder, one
supply is used for cooling purposes, one for supplying boilers and one as
a stand by in case of fire. Satisfactory reports were received of 54
bacteriological examinations and 51 chemical analyses of water from
these wells.