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Poplar 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE F
Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories - | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Faetorv and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 28 | |
| Action taken in matters referred" by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 10 |
| Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | |
| 10 | ||
| utner | 3 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year. | ||
| In use at the end of the year | 20 | |
BAKEHOUSES.
Inspections.
The Bakehouses throughout the Borough were inspected at least
twice during the year.
There are 103 Bakehouses in the Borough of Poplar, 35 Poplar
(including 2 factory bakehouses), 42 Bromley (including 3 factory
bakehouses), 26 Bow (including 2 factory bakehouses), but at the date
of the last half-yearly inspection in September, 13 were disused in Poplar,
12 in Bromley, and 9 in Bow, so that there were in use 69 bakehouses,
22 Poplar, 30 Bromley, and 17 Bow. See Table A, page 131, number
made up to end of year.
There are 32 underground bakehouses in the Borough, 6 Poplar,
14 Bromley, and 12 Bow. At the Autumnal half-yearly inspection 12
were not in use—3 Poplar, 4 Bromley and 5 Bow.
Cleansing was necessary in the various bakehouses on 123 occasions.
Twenty-two other nuisances were found.
Bakehouses marked with * are underground.
Bakehouses marked with f Empty or not used as a bakehouse at date of last
inspection.