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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
West Ham 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Prosecutions, 1924.
Nuisances (Public Health Act)—
341 Summonses. 1(38 Summonses withdrawn.
Failure to comply with Magistrates' Orders—
44 Summonses. 11 Summonses withdrawn.
Adulterated Milk (Food and Drugs Acts)—
6 Summonses. 3 Summonses dismissed.
Margarine (without wrapper)—
2 Summonses. 1 Summons dismissed.
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Butter—
1 Summons.
West Ham Corporation Acts 1893 and 1898—
7 Summonses. 6 Summonses withdrawn.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919—
1 Summons. 1 Summons dismissed.
Establishing an Offensive Trade of a Fat Melter without
written consent of the Urban Sanitary Authority—
1 Summons.
For selling Potatoes to which a false trade description was
applied—
1 Summons.
Shops' Act.—
Early Closing Act, 1920—
28 Summonses. 10 Summonses dismissed.
Shops Early Closing Act, 1920.—
Amendment Act, 1921 —
2 Summonses.
West Ham Grocers', etc.. Closing Order, 1919—
15 Summonses.
West Ham Grocers', etc., Half Holiday Order, 1912—
3 Summonses.