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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
Paddington 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Summary of Legal Proceedings Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875-1907.
| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Milk.—8% deficient in fat | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 6% | Summonses | |||||
| 9% | Dismissed | |||||
| „ 25% | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4% added water and a trace of annatto | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| containing traces of annatto | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| coloured with annatto | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vinegar 7½% added water | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14% „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8% „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4¾% „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MILK & DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922. | ||||||
| Adding water to Milk (five summonses) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Legal Proceedings.—1925.
| Premises. | Offence. | Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | a. | |||
| PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. | ||||||||
| Section 4. | ||||||||
| 59, Hereford Road | Failing to comply with Magistrate's Order to amend drain | 10 | 0 | 0 | Summons withdrawn | |||
| 7, Clarendon Street | Drain choked | Work done | ||||||
| 80, Cirencester Street | Rain-water pipe defective | ,, | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 8, Orsett Mews | Premises without proper water supply | Supply reinstated | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 7, Woodfield Gardens | Skylight and roof leaky | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Section 37. | Summons withdrawn | |||||||
| 16, Walterton Road | Premises without a proper dustbin. | ,, | ||||||
| 19, Clarendon Street | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| By-Laws. | ||||||||
| 8, Netley Street | Failing to carry out annual cleansing | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 25, Clarendon Street | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 21, Woodfield Place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10, Torquay Street | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 28, Campbell Street | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Convicted same offence | 28/11 | 24 | ||||||
| 45, Star Street | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Yard paving defective... | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Flushing cistern defective | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 5, Elcom Street | Failing to carry out annual cleansing | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Sashcords defective | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 80, Cirencester Street | Failing to carry out annual cleansing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Window sashcords defective ... | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 95, Cirencester Street | Failing to carry out annual cleansing | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Window sashcords defective ... | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Water-closet door defective ... | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 19, Clarendon Street | Failing to carry out annual cleansing | Work donel | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Window sashcords defective... | Summons | |||||||
| Yard paving defective | 1 | 0 | 0 | withdrawn | ||||
| 14, Netley Street | Copper defective ... ... ... | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Sashcords defective | ||||||||
| Fresh air inlet to drain defective ... | ||||||||
| 3, Bradiston Road | Executing sanitary work without notice, | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| and contrary to the by-laws | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 46, Kensal Road | Yard paving defective... | Work done | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 263, Edgware Road | Failing to deposit drainage plans ... | Deposited | 1 | i | 0 | |||
| Summons | ||||||||
| 21, Campbell Street | Water-closet defective | Work done | withdraw n | |||||
| 2, Modena Street | Water-closet defective | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| DAIRIES, COWSHEDS & MILKSHOPS ORDER, 1 885. | ||||||||
| Milk & Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922. | ||||||||
| Street Vendor | Selling milk without being registered | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
S ummary of L egal P roceedings U nder S ale of F ood and D rugs A cts , 1875-1907.
| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Summons | ||||||
| Milk 4£% added water | Warranty proved | Dismissed | ||||
| ,, 7% less than the proper proportion of fat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ,, Selling from a hand can not bearing vendor's name and address | Summons withdrawn | |||||
| Vinegar 16% added water | ||||||
| Margarine—For sale in unstamped wrapper | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |