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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
Islington 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1917]
SUMMARY OF PROSECUTIONS.—During year 1917.
| Total Prosecutions. | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn. | Amount Penalties Received. | |
| £ s. d. | |||||
| “Public Health (London) Act, 1891 ” | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 6 10 |
| “Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-99 ” | 59 | 48 | 7* | 4† | 224 10 |
| “Margarine Act, 1887 ” | 7 | 6 | 1† | ... | 14 5 |
| Total | 71 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 245 5 |
* Warranty established in six summonses. One case was dismissed owing to witness
not having arrived at Court when case was called.
† These were alternative summonses.