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 Port of London]
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APPENDIX E.
Police Court Proceedings.
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Offence. | Police Court. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904. | ||||
| April 7 | s.s. "Bergsund," of Stockholm. | Failure to comply with a Statutory Notice served requiring the abatement of a smoke nuisance, and the prevention of a recurrence of same. | Thames - | Fined 8l.; costs and expenses 3l. 3s.—Total Hi. 3s. Prohibition order made. |
| s.s. "Swift," of Hull, 108,526. | Ditto | Mansion House | Fined 11. ; costs and expenses 1l.13s. Prohibition order made. | |
| May - | s.s. "Avon," of Grangemouth, 90,917. | Ditto | Thames | Prohibition order made and costs 21. 2-s. allowed. |
| „ 20 | s.s. " Essex," of Hull, 60,176. | Ditto | Do. | Fined 10Z. and 31. 15s. costs. Prohibition order made. |
| June 80 | McDougall and Co.'s Flour Mills, Millwall Dock. | Ditto | Do. | Fined 8I. and 61. 6s. costs. Prohibition order made. |
| „ 30 | s.s. " Colon," of Barcelona. | Ditto | Do. | The defendant failed to appear, and the summonses were adjourned until the return of the vessel to London. |
| July 16 | s.s. ''North Sea," of London, 110,181. | Ditto - | Southwark | Fined 31, and 1Z. 3s. costs. |
| 17 | s.s. "East Point," of Liverpool, 113,453. | Ditto | Thames | Fined 51. and 21. 10s. costs. Prohibition order made. |
| Sept. 23 | s.s. "Earsdon," of North Shields, 84,895. | Ditto | Southwark | Fined 21. and 21. 2s. costs. Prohibition order made. |
| Oct. 18 | Application for destruction of a unfit for human | an Order for the quantity of mussels, food. | Southend | Order made. |
| Nov. 4 | s.s."Beethoven," of Sunderland, 114,564. | Failure to report a case of infectious disease on board on arrival in the Port of London. | Gravesend | Fined 1/. and 61. los. 6d. costs. |
| „ 8 | David William Cundy. | Selling mussels which were unwholesome and unfit for human food. | Southend | Fined 11. and 4s. costs. |
| „ 24 | s.s. "Irkutsk, of Windau. | Failure to comply with a Statutory Notice served,requiring abatement of a smoke nuisance, and the prevention of a recurrence of same. | Thames | Fined 10Z. and 41. 4s. costs, and a Prohibition order made. |
| Dec. 22 | s.s. "Dundee," of London, 105,849. | Ditto | Westminster | Fined 51. and 31. 7s. costs. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Excelsior," of London," 105,826. | Ditto | Do. | Do. |
| „ 22 | s.s. "Little Briton," of London, 54,676. | Ditto | Do. | Do. |