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City of Westminster 1969

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

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Table: Table 27.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings

Table 27.—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 cases21003670
Byelaws as to artificial lighting in tenement houses— 1 case300-
Housing Act. 1957 Contravention of Closing Orders— 6 cases500010100
Food & Drugs Act, 1955 (Sec. 2) Selling food not of the substance demanded— 1 case2000550
Food & Drugs Act. 1955 (Sec. 8 (1)) Selling food unfit for human consumption— 1 case500550
Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960— 25 cases2160084100
Food Hygiene (Markets, Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations. 1966— 348 cases10315072190
1969£134650£214160
1968£121900£698196

Table: Table 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

Table 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

19691968
Bodies received in the Mortuary on Coroner's
Warrants, etc.1,2441,197
Bodies deposited to await burial127
Inquest cases365320
Non-inquest cases891884
Post-mortem examinations held1,2271,179
Causes of death in the foregoing:—
Accidental drowning71
Found drowned56
Suicide by drowning31
Suicide by other means116106
Accidents:
Street3537
Domestic3838
Others6844
Natural causes903885
Misadventure65
Murder59
Miscellaneous causes6160
Awaiting proceedings at Central Criminal Court912