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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MAGISTRATES' ORDERS:
| Penalties and costs | 12 |
| Summons adjourned sine die | 1 |
| Summons withdrawn on payment of costs - work carried out | 2 |
| Summons withdrawn without costs - Council to carry out work | 1 |
| NON-COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY NOTICES' | |
| Penalties and costs | 2 |
| Withdrawn on payment of costs - work carried out | 1 |
| SECTION 34 (DRAINAGE BY LAWS) CONTRAVENTIONS | |
| Penalties and costs .. | 15 |
| Penalty without costs | 1 |
| Summons not separately dealt with | 1 |
| Summons withdrawn on payment of costs - work carried out | 1 |
| Summons withdrawn without costs - summons issued against builder | 1 |
| SECTION 40 (REPAIR OP DEFECTIVE DRAINS) - NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICE. | |
| Penalties and costs .. | 2 |
| SECTION 107 (ASHPIT BY-LAWS) - CONTRAVENTIONS | |
| Penalties and costs | 2 |
| Penalties without costs | 2 |
| Defendant granted absolute discharge on payment of costs | 6 |
| Summons withdrawn on payment of costs dustbin supplied | 4 |
| Summons withdrawn without costs: | |
| Change of ownership (Notice served on new owner) | 1 |
| Change of ownership dustbin supplied by new owner | 2 |
| SECTION 107 (WATER CLOSET BY-LAWS) - CONTRAVENTIONS | |
| Penalty and costs | 1 |
| Defendant granted absolute discharge, no costs awarded - work completed | 1 |
| Summons withdrawn on payment of costs - work completed .. | 1 |
Pull details of the above proceedings are set out on pages 7 to 16 of the
Appendix<
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 Summonses to the number of 21 were issued in
respect of offences against various sections of the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938.
Three followed the seizure by the Food Inspector and condemnation by a magistrate
of biscuits found to be unfit for human consumption; two of these
summonses related respectively to the sale and deposit for sale of unsound
food, and the third was for failing to observe due cleanliness in the premises.
All three were successful, a penalty with costs being imposed in each case.
Pour summonses for selling food not of the nature or substance or quality
demanded were also successful. These related to porage oats containing insect
larvae, bread containing mouse excreta, ice-cream containing a piece of glass
and ice-cream deficient in milk solids. In two cases a penalty with costs was
imposed, while in the remaining two the defendants were granted an absolute
discharge on payment of costs.
Seven summonses for contravention of the various provisions of Section 13
of the Act related to one bakehouse. In three of the summonses a penalty with
costs was imposed, in two a penalty without costs and two were not separately
dealt with. Another bakehouse was the subject of four summonses, three of
which were dismissed but in the fourth case costs were awarded to the Council.
The defendant in this case alleged that the inspector had been over zealous,
but it is significant that the Magistrate in dismissing three of the summonses
did not award costs against the Council. One summons for failure to take
reasonable precautions to prevent contamination of food in a greengrocer's shop
resulted in the defendant being fined and ordered to pay the Council's costs.