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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
Stepney 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Public Health (London) Act for various nuisances | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| 60 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 6 | |
| For selling unsound food | 116 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| By-laws for Houses let in Lodgings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| General Powers Acts | 33 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
| Metropolis Management Act | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Food and Drugs Acts | 344 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 13 | 6 |
| Butter and Margarine Act, 1907 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Dairies and Cowsheds Orders | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| Total | 574 | 7 | 0 | 174 | 14 | 0 |
Table showing the number of milk premises, slaughter houses, ice-cream premises, &c., together with the number of inspections made to them.
| PREMISES | NUMBER OF PLACES— | Number of inspections, 1909. | Number of notices, 1909. | Number of prosecutions, 1909. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1908. | Added in 1909. | Re-moved in 1909. | On register at end of 1909. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
| Milk premises | 970 | 244 | 238 | 976 | 2664 | 203 | 11 |
| Cowsheds | 38 | ... | 1 | 37 | 71 | 4 | ... |
| Slaughter-houses | 7 | ... | 1 | 6 | 18 | ... | ... |
| Other offensive trade premises | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | 1 | ... |
| Ice cream premises | 123 | 25 | 20 | 128 | 227 | 30 | 1 |
| Registered houses let in lodgings | 2805 | 75 | 82 | 2798 | 2790 | (a) 485 | (a) 1 |
| (b) 1476 | (b) ... | ||||||
(a) For overcrowding.
(b) For other conditions.