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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
Poplar 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar]
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| Nature of Nuisance. | Number of Notices served. | Cause of Nuisance. | How Remedied. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sausage Manufactory | 1 | 1 quarter of veal, 3 hind quarters ol pork and 2 bullocks' heads in process of cutting up the same being unsound, unwholesome, and unfit for the food of man. | A Summons was issued and heard before Mr. Haden Corser at the Worship Street Police Court, on Tuesday, Aug. 11th, 1896. The magistrate, after hearing the evidence imposed a fine of£50 for each of the three parcels of meat (pork,veal and bullocks heads), £150 in all or three months hard labour, the penalty being recoverable by distraint, the Defendant was given a week in which to pay. This he failed to do and he was sent to prison. |
| Bakehouses | 29 | The whole of the bakehouses have been inspected twice during the year, and where necessary notices have been served for cleansing same. | In each case the terms of the notice have been carried out. |
C. W. RAYMOND,
Inspector of Nuisances in Manufactories and Workshops