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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table D shows the number of samples taken by each inspector and gives
particulars of offences and proceedings.
Table D.
| Inspector. | Samples Taken. | Number of Samples. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adulterated. | Unlabelled. | Food & Drugs Acts. | Butter & Margarine Acts | ||
| Cook | 94 | 5 | - | - | — |
| Crook | 90 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Dee | 91 | 4 | - | 4 | — |
| Flint | 90 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Johnson | 91 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mills | 95 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Pavitt | 96 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Quaintrell | 101 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Shepherd | 97 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Simpson | 92 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Stiles | 90 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Twaits | 90 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 10 |
| Waterman | 100 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 |
| White | 92 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wrack | 93 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 1,402 | 86 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings were taken in 67 cases, 11 more than in 1920. 39 of
the prosecutions were for adulteration and 27 for offences under the Butter and
Margarine Acts. The results of the separate proceedings are given later. The
total fines imposed amounted to £'109 2s. 6d. Total costs allowed were
£109 19s. 6d. The average fine per summons was £1 12s. 7d., and the
average of fines and costs together £3 5s. 5d.
Table E compares these figures with the fines and costs imposed during
the previous six years.
Table E.
| Year. | Number of Prosecutions. | Total Fines. | Total Costs. | Average Fine. | Average of Fines and Costs. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1915 | 70 | 231 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1916 | 84 | 416 | 16 | 0 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 1917 | 55 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| 1918 | 73 | 137 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 1919 | 45 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 |
| 1920 | 56 | 170 | 13 | 0 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| 1921 | 67 | 109 | 2 | 6 | 109 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 |