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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
Southwark 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Defendant. | Cause of Proceedings. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Bohringer | Neglecting to cleanse foul rooms at 42, Royal terrace | Summons withdrawn, work done |
| The Governors, Guy's Hospital | Permitting black smoke to escape from the laundry chimney shaft | Fined £10 and 2/- costs |
| The City of London Electric Lighting Co., Ltd. | Permitting black smoke to escape from the shafts at Meredith's wharf, Bankside | Fined £10 and costs on each of two summonses |
| Edward Bowman James Shuttleworth Sarah E. Maney | Depositing in a shed in Montague street, 540 tins of meat and soup unfit for human food | Bowman accepted all responsibility and was fined £50 and £5 5/- costs. The summonses against Shuttleworth and Maney were withdrawn (see p. 102) |
| Benjamin Brinkley & Co. | Selling to one Ernest Taylor a quantity of "Kaloo " nuts which were unsound and unfit for the food of man (see following case) | Fined £5 and £2 2/- costs (see p. 103) |
| Ernest Taylor | Exposing for sale in Gt. Dover street and Borough High street a quantity of "Kaloo" nuts unsound and unfit for the food of man | Summons withdrawn, the object in taking a summons out against Taylor was to secure a couviction against Brinkley. the defendant in the preceding case |
| The City of London Electric Lighting Co.. Ltd. | Permitting black smoke to escape from a shaft at Meredith's wharf, Bankside | Summons dismissed. The magistrate held that the Council's evidence was weak as compared with the defendants' rebutting evidence |
| David Davidson | Neglecting to send in a list of outworkers employed by him at his premises, 253. Walworth road | Fined 10/- and 2/- costs |