London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hackney 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Proceedings before Magistrate or Justices under the Public Health Acts | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 88 | ||
| Nuisances abated | 300 | 264 | 291 | 360 | 296 | 306 | 244 | 289 | 311 | 296 | 324 | 194 | 213 | 251 | 318 | 4257 |
| Seized and Condemned as Unfit for Human Food— | ||||||||||||||||
| Fish | 1 cwt. | ½ cwt. | 7 cwt. | 6 cwt. | 1 cwt. | 1½ cwt. | 7 cwt. | 24 cwt. | ||||||||
| Fruit and Vegetables | ¼ cwt. | 9 cwt. | ½ cwt. | 1 cwt. | ¼ cwt. | ¼ cwt. | 11¼ cwt. | |||||||||
| Meat | 1 cwt. | 1 cwt. | ||||||||||||||
| Tin Foods | 102 tins | 120 tins | ||||||||||||||
| Other Articles | 1½ cwt. | 3/4 cwt. | 2¼ cwt. | |||||||||||||
| Open Spaces cleared | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Special Reports to Medical Officer of Health | 65 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 25 | 140 | ||||||||||
| Food Adulteration— | ||||||||||||||||
| Samples collected for Analysis | 48 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 600 | |||
| Proceedings taken before Magistrates | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 53 |