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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table E summarises the results and compares them with the results
of proceedings during the years 1921 and 1922.
Table E.
| Year. | Number of Summonses. | Total Fines. | Total Costs. | Average Fine. | Average Total Penalty. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1923 | 9 Food and Drugs Acts | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 |
| 19 Butter and Margarine Acts | 33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| 28 Total | 53 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 10 | - | 19 | 2 | |
| 1922 | 39 Food and Drugs Acts | 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 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 28 Butter and Margarine Acts | 21 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 6 | - | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | |
| 67 Total | 109 | 2 | 6 | 109 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
Compared with the two previous years the number of prosecutions during
]923 shows a very marked decrease.
MilK.
837 samples of milk were analysed, of which 13, or 15 per cent., were
adulterated.
Table F shows the number of samples of milk examined and the
percentage of adulteration during the last eight years.