London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Analysis of Legal Proceedings
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Selling to the prejudice of the purchaser food intended for but unfit for human consumption. | ||||||
| 1 conviction | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Selling food not of the substance demanded. | ||||||
| 1 conviction | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Selling food not of the quality demanded. | ||||||
| 5 convictions | 90 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 0 |
| Smoking whilst handling open food. 3 convictions | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| Insanitary premises and equipment. | ||||||
| 26 convictions | 191 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 0 |
| Food not adequately protected from risk of contamination. | ||||||
| 1 conviction | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | £326 | 0 | 0 | £102 | 1 | 6 |
Water
The resident population of 85,223 in some 30,200 dwellings receive
water from the Metropolitan Water Board's mains or from deep wells.
At 31st December, 1961, eighty-four deep wells were in use. From
eighty-one of these wells the water is used for domestic purposes. Of the
remainder, one supply is used for cooling purposes, one for stand-by
in case of fire and one for supplying boilers.
During the year 169 samples of water from wells in the City were
submitted for examination; satisfactory reports were received of 116
bacteriological examinations and 53 chemical analyses.