Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Poplar. | Bromley. | Bow. | Total. | |
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Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c., Number of, on the Register | 47 | 64 | 137 | |
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein | 43 | 71 | 90 | 204 |
„ Number of Inspections of | 50 | 77 | 107 | 334 |
„ Number of Re-inspections of | 58 | 77 | 163 | |
„ &c., newly discovered and registered | 4 | 7 | 19 | |
„ Workrooms therein measured | 2 | 8 | 16 | |
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 4 | 6 | 16 | |
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 239 | 462 | 1,703 | |
Written intimations issued | 5 | 19 | 36 | |
Statutory Notices | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
Final Notices | I | — | 1 | 2 |
Works carried out under supervision :— | ||||
(a) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 10 | 17 | 15 | 42 |
(6) Yards, roofs, &c., repaired | 1 | i) | ||
Additional means of ventilation provided | — | 1 | 3 | |
Sanitary Conveniences Constructed | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Overcrowding of Workrooms, cases of, abated | — | — | — | — |
Visits re Scabies | 41 | 57 | 20 | 118 |
„ Suspected infectious disease | 54 | 145 | 221 | |
„ Outworkers' Lists | 24 | 45 | 87 | |
„ Inspection of Schools | 17 | 14 | 39 | |
„ Verminous School Children | 194 | 198 | 414 | |
Miscellaneous Inspections | 36 | 37 | 19 | 92 |
Reports of Housing Inspectors. Summary, 1922.
Poplar. | Bromley, | Bow. | Totals. | |
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House-to-house Inspections | 224 | 291 | 294 | 809 |
Be-inspections | 3,153 | 4,116 | 3,333 | 1,0602 |
Number of Intimations served— | ||||
Public Health (London) Act | 430 | 615 | 362 | 1,407 |
P.B.C. By-laws | 183 | 231 | 214 | 628 |
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, re verminous rooms | 32 | 93 | 50 | 175 |
Number of Notices served— | ||||
Public Health (London) Act | 118 | 205 | 99 | 422 |
P.B.C. By-laws | 36 | 111 | 54 | 201 |
For cleansing | 37 | 80 | 17 | 134 |
Number of Final Notices served— | ||||
For cleansing and other matters | 36 | 106 | 39 | 181 |
Number of drains tested— | ||||
Chemical test | 201 | 308 | 268 | 777 |
Smoke test | 15 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
Water test | 42 | 136 | 49 | 227 |