Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table E shows the number of samples taken by each inspector and gives particulars of offences and proceedings.
Inspector. | Samples Taken. | Number of Samples. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adulterated. | Unlabelled. | Food & Drugs Acts. | Butter & Margarine Acts. | ||
Cook | 93 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
Crook | 98 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
Dee | 90 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Flint | 91 | 6 | — | 3 | — |
Johnson | 91 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Mills | 101 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Pavitt | 95 | 6 | 1 | 11 | — |
Quaintrell | 93 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Shepherd | 101 | 6 | 2 | 4 | — |
Simpson | 94 | 7 | 5 | 4 | — |
Stiles | 94 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 |
Twaits | 97 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
Waterman | 97 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
White | 91 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wrack | 91 | 3 | — | — | — |
Total | 1,417 | 78 | 39 | 39 | 18 |
Legal proceedings were taken in 57 cases. Details of the individual prosecutions are given later under the separate headings. Table F summarises the results and compares them with the results of proceedings instituted during 1921.
Year. | Number of Summonses. | Total Fines. | Total Costs, | Average Fine. | Average Total Penalty. | |||||||
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1922 | 39 Food and Drugs Acts | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | £ s. | d. | |||
175 | 17 | 0 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 2 | 6 | ||
18 Butter and Margarine Acts | 20 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 19 | 6 | |
57 Total | 195 | 18 | 0 | 117 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 10 | 1 | |
1921 | 39 Food and Drugs Acts | 88 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 8 | 0 |
28 Butter and Margarine Acts | 21 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 13 | 11 | |
67 Total | 109 | 2 | 6 | 109 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 5 | 5 |