[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney].

  • Stepney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    69 Table E summarises the results and compares them with the results of proceedings during the years 1921 and 1922. Table E. Year. Number of Summonses. Total Fines. Total Costs. Average Fine. Average Total Penalty. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1923 9 Food and Drugs Acts 20 0 0 13 13 0 2 4 5 3 14 9 19 Butter and Mar garine Acts 33 0 0 13 5 6 1 14 8 2 8 8 28 Total 53 0 0 26 18 6 1 17 10 - 19 2 1922 39 Food and Drugs Acts 175 17 0 102 2 0 4 10 2 7 2 6 18 Butter and Mar garine Acts 20 1 0 15 15 0 1 2 3 1 19 6 57 Total 195 18 0 117 17 0 3 8 9 5 10 1 1921 39 Food and Drugs Acts 88 0 0 83 13 0 2 5 4 8 0 28 Butter and Mar garine Acts 21 2 6 26 6 6 - 15 1 1 13 11 67 Total 109 2 6 109 19 6 1 12 7 3 5 5 Compared with the two previous years the number of prosecutions during ]923 shows a very marked decrease. MilK. 837 samples of milk were analysed, of which 13, or 15 per cent., were adulterated. Table F shows the number of samples of milk examined and the percentage of adulteration during the last eight years.