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St James's 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Realme, the same shall then by the officer finding the same be defaced &
the owner thereof shall be committed to prison there to remain by the
space of xxiiij houres & to pay for every time so offending one pound.
Bakers and
Brewers.
Amerciamts
according to the
Citty of London.
3. Item if any baker or brewer shall put to sale any bread beer or ale
within the said Citty or Burrow not being lawfull & good or wanting in
weight or in the assize contrary to the weight & assize therein comonly used
& allowed within the City of London that then every such baker & brewer
shall receive & have such condigne punishmt & such fine & amerciament as
shall be assessed for every time so offending according to the laws and
statutes of this realme & also according to the custome used within the
Citty of London in those cases from time to time.
Colliers.
Punishment is 24
houres imprisonment
& his sacks
to be burnt.
4. Item if any collier shall put to sale any coales in sacks & the same
sack not being lawfull or if his sack or sacks should be found to be lawfull
& not being filled with coales accordingly that then every such collier for
every time so offending shall be comitted to prison there to remain by the
space of xxiiij houres And all his defective and unlawfull sacks shall be
burned in the market place and to receive for every time so offending such
further punishment as is used within the Citty of London.
Woodmonger
and bargeman.
5. Item if any woodmonger or bargemen shall put to sale any kind of
wood or fuell within the said City or Burrow & the said wood wanting of the
assize allowed by the Statute that then every such woodmonger & bargeman
shall receive and have such condigne punishment & pay such fine for
every time soe offending as by the Statute & the custome of the Citty of
London in these cases are lawfully used.
According to the
custome of London.
Burgesses and
assistants.
6. Item that the burgesses and their assistants of the City or Burrow &
every of them according to their severall divisions shall every Saturday
during all the time of the market attend & peruse the same & then & there
to take diligent care & heed that the Queens Majties people may well &
duely be served of all such victualls as they & every of them shall buy in
the said market and if any of the said burgesses & assistants shall make
default in not pforming the pauses that then he so offending shall forfeit &
pay for every time so offending without just cause or lawful let xijd.
Servants testimonial.
Warning.
7. Item if any person or persons shall receive & take into his or her
service any servant without a lawfull testimoniall in writing or that shall
put away any such servant without giving to him or her lawfull warning
according to the Statute that then every such person offending herein shall
forfeit & pay for every time so offending as by the Statute is provided and