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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Date. | Matter of Information of Complaint. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| 26th April | Manufacturing for sale Egg Substitute Powder that contained an excess of 625 parts per million sulphur dioxide, on 11th March (Sample C 148). | Fined £5 0s. 0d. with £3 3s. 0d. costs. |
| 26th April | Selling Egg Substitute Powder containing an excess of 480 parts per million sulphur dioxide, between 14th January and 11th February (Sample B 102). | Fined £5 0s. 0d. with £4 4s. 0d. costs. |
| 3rd June | Failing to take reasonable steps to prevent contamination of food, i.e., Poultry, exposed for sale on his stall in Watney Street, on 28th April. | Fined £3 with £2 2s. costs. |
| 3rd June | Failing to take reasonable steps to prevent contamination of food, i.e., Poultry, on the same stall as above, but he was the assistant in charge. | Case not dealt with. |
| 12th June | Using a butcher stall at the corner of Martha Street and Watney Street, the same not being suitably screened at one side on 12th April. | Fined £1 with £1 1s. costs. |
| 23rd Oct. | Having his meat stall improperly screened at the corner of Eastfield Street and White Horse Street, on 10th September. | Fined 5s with £2 2s. 0d costs |
| 1st Feb. | Failing to keep the shop at 18, Plumbers Row (food premises), in a clean condition, on 7th December, 1934. | Fined £3 0s. Od. with £2 2s. 0d. costs. |
| 17th July | Dirty condition of milk saucepan used in the manufacture of ice-cream at 19, Hanbury Street, on 30th May. | Fined £1 with 6s. 8d. costs. |
| 17th July | Dirty condition of ice-cream wafer-machine at 19, Hanbury Street, on 30th May. | Fined £1 0s. 0d. with 6s. 8d. costs. |
| 17th July | Dirty condition of premises where ice-cream is manufactured at 1, Hanbury Street on 30th May. | Fined £1 0s. 0d. with 10s. 0d. costs. |
| 26th July | Lock-up shop used for selling fruit occupied as a sleeping place at 16, Crellin Street on 18th July. | Cautioned and case dismissed. |
| 29th July | Manufacturing ice-cream on 4th July at 21, Plumbers Row, the premises being in a dirty condition. | Fined £1 0s. 0d. |
| 2nd Aug. | Failing on 15th July to observe due cleanliness at premises, 16, Stepney High Street, where ice-cream is manufactured. | Fined 10s. 0d. with 10s. 6d. costs. |