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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
St Luke 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]
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The following is a list of the fines and costs incurred under the several Acts, also the nature and amount of adulteration where analyses were made :—
| Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Non-compliance with Sanitary Notice under above Act | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| „ „ „ „ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ „ „ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ „ „ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ „ „ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| „ „ „ „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Food and Drugs Acts.
| Meat, etc., deposited for the purpose of sale, being unfit for food | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milk 17% added water and 15% of cream abstracted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| „ 15% added water | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| „ 10% „ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| „ 25% „ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| „ 10% „ | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| „ 12% cream abstracted | 12 | 6 | ||||
| Mustard, adulterated with 40% flour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| Barrow not having purveyor's name legibly written thereon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Margarine Acts. | ||||||
| Margarine sold as butter | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| £91 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 |
Canal Boats Acts.—The Sanitary Inspector in charge of
the northern portion of the Parish lias made frequent visits to
that portion of the Regent's Canal which is situated within our
sanitary area, and a detailed result of his inspections will be
found in his Report on page 69.
Besides those already mentioned, I have made Reports to
your Public Health Committee on the various matters which
have occupied its attention, and twice during the year I have
visited and reported upon 3 slaughter-houses, 2 cow-sheds, and
30 bakehouses situated in the Parish, with the result that