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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
Poplar 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Copy of a Return to the London County Council.
| Premises. | No. in Borough on 31st December 1930. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Prosecution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowsheds (No. of Premises) | 3 | 20 | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 91 | 52 | — |
| Offensive Trades | 7 premises | 6 | — |
| 8 businesses | |||
| Milkshops | 118 | 267 | — |
| Ice Cream Premises | 112 | 251 | — |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 792 | 1,986 | — |
| (all places where food is sold or prepared) |
*Includes z siaugnterers 01 rouitry.
| (1) | No. of observations | 61 | (4) No. of Statutory Notices served | 5 | |||
| (2) | No. of intimations served | 13 | (5) No. of legal proceedings | Nil. | |||
| (3) | No. of complaints received (from L.C.C.) | 16 | (6) No. of convictions | — | |||
| (7) Amount of penalty and costs imposed in each case | |||||||
| No | of adults cleansed | 127 | No. of | T(a) After infec | |||
| No | of children cleansed | 1192 | premises | tious diseases | 1,746 | ||
| cleansed | (6) For vermin | 97 | |||||
| No. of premises supplied | 1 | No. of prosecutions | Nil. | ||||
| Male. | Female. | ||||||
| No. of Sanitary Inspectors (whole-time) | 14* | 1 | |||||
| ,, ,, ,, (part-time) | Nil. | ||||||
| M.C.W. T.B. | |||||||
| No. of Health Visitors (whole-time) | 9t | J And 1 Sister in charge of Light Centre (M.&C.W.) | |||||
| ,, ,, (part-time | ) | Nil. | |||||
* Includes 2 Meat and Food Inspectors and 2 Temporary Sanitary Inspectors,
f Exclusive of Voluntary Association Health Visitors, numbering 9.
No. of houses closed on notice
by owner that they could
not be made fit .. .. Nil.
Total No. of houses in the
Borough 23,927
No. of houses occupied by the
working classes . 23,000
(Approx.)
No. of
houses
for the
working
classes
(а) Erected during
year 116
(б) In course of
erection Nil.
No. of
houses
inspected
a) un account oi
complaints or
illness (P.H.
Act)
b) House-to-house
(Housing Consolidated
Regulations,
1925)
7,423
1,063
So. of representations by
Medical Officer or other
person Nil.*
So. of houses included in such
representations Nil.