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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
Stepney 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table D summarises the results and compares them with the results of
proceedings taken during the years 1928 and 1929.
Table D.
| Year. | Summonses. | Total Fines. | Total Costs. | Average Fine. | Average Total Penalty. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1930 | 13 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) | 29 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| 3 Margarine (Other offences) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 Milk (Other offences) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 Total | 43 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 6 | |
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||
| 1929 | 33 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) | 65 | 12 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| 1 Margarine (Other offences) | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 3 Milk (Other offences) | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 37 Total | 72 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||
| 1928 | 18 Foods and Drugs (Adulteration) | 33 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| 7 Margarine (Other offences) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| 13 Milk (Other offences) | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
| 38 Total | 48 | 12 | 6 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
Milk.
900 samples of milk were analysed, of which 20 or 22 per cent. were
adulterated.
Table E shows the number of samples of milk examined and the percentages
of adulteration during the last ten years.