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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table 29.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings

Table 29.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings

FinesCosts
£ s. d.£ s. d.
Public Health Act. 1936 (Sec. 92) Premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance—
11 cases23 0 042 0 0
Paddington Borough Council Byelaws
1 case2 0 05 5 0
Clean Air Act, 1956 Failing to instal a continuous burning fire—
1 case5 0 010 10 0
Housing Act. 1961 (Sec. 19) Permitting new persons to reside in premises when overcrowded—
1 caseConditional discharge5 5 0
Housing Act. 1957 (Sec. 27) Permitting premises to be used for human habitation knowing that a Closing Order was operative—
4 cases15 0 021 0 0
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Selling food not of the quality demanded—
8 cases62 0 045 3 0
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 Failing to supply adequate water supply at a food stall—
1 caseAbsolute discharge1 10 0
£107 0 0130 13 0

Table: Table 30.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

Table 30.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

Bodies received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants, etc. .1,211
Bodies deposited to await burial11
Inquest cases353
Non-inquest cases858
Post-mortem examinations held1,182
Causes of death in the foregoing:—
Accidental drowning6
Found drowned2
Suicide by drowning3
Suicide by other means123
Accidents:—
Street47
Domestic57
Others28
Natural causes865
Misadventure7
Murder6
Miscellaneous causes63
Awaiting proceedings at Central Criminal Court4