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Stepney 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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REFUSING TO SELL OR OBSTRUCTING UNDER THE
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
August 29th. Mr. William Rocknell, 12, Chandler Street, Wapping, was
fined £3 and 23s. costs for refusing to sell milk for analysis.
August 30th. Mr. John Jacob Wynn,of 98, Red Lion Street, Wapping, was
fined i'2 and 23s. costs for refusing to sell milk for analysis.
November 10th. Mr. Isaac Jones, 58, Maroon Street, was fined £6 and23s
costs for refusing to sell milk for analysis.
December 22nd. Mr. Elias Harris, 422, Commercial Road, was fined £6 and
23s. costs for refusing to sell milk for analysis.
November 24th. Mr. Marks Frankfurt, of 5, Assam Street, was fined 10s.
and 23s. costs for selling milk from a barrow and hand can upon which his
name and address were not inscribed.
December 8th. Mr. Lewis Morgenstein, of 40, Castle Street, was fined 10s.
and 23s. costs for selling milk in Settles Street from a hand can upon which
his name and address was not inscribed.
General Sanitary Work.
In the Sanitary Inspector's Report Table will be found the amount of
work carried out by each Inspector during the year, together with its nature.
27,796 nouses were inspected during the year, 11,042 being the result of
house to house visitation.
11,039 intimation notices were served for the abatement of various nuisances.
1 he nuisances were abated as the result of the serving of intimation
notices in nearly half the number of cases; statutory notices were found to
be necessary to abate 6,401 nuisances.
Police Court proceedings had to be taken in 94 instances, the statutory
notices being disregarded. This number, of course, does not include the
summonses taken out under the Food and Drugs Acts.
61,736 revisits were made to premises to superintend the necessary work
for the abatement of various nuisances.