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Poplar 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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District Sanitary Inspectors' Work, Etc.

Table: Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and lie-inspections during the year 1933.

Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and lie-inspections during the year 1933.

DISTRICT.Totals.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.No. 5.No. 6.No. 7.No. 8.
Number of Complaints received4105708196575551,0974663894,963
Number of InspectionsHouse-to-House14-3-1457-22191
Dwelling HousesOn Complaint5995768266326031,0924643815,173
1 After Infectious Disease3581-602502192591572631711,837
Factories, including Factory Laundries12543215211731173
Workshops, including Workshop Laundries452930134611267207
Workplaces, other than outworkers4825183182182628276
Outworkers1--13---5
Stables78165148118245159445
Smoke observations282133-72073
Miscellaneous visits and inspections (including visits to Infectious Disease contacts, school inspections, etc.)1,7645066764418051,3854015586,536
Re-inspections1,9652,6002,7491,8203,0591,3943,3822,28819,257
Premises requiring amendmenta) Dwelling-houses5396358307126461,0155062195,102
(b) Other premises426463356142712218
Service of Intimations, etc.:
Intimations served6246307437745461,0195092315,076
,, complied with2093724427504124972581163,056
Notices served294219413326129512233782,204
,, complied with2711941711320101294151671,577
Final Notices served1187413638261609826676
,, complied with9331122636155781554
Summonses applied for6285-129143
Work done, number of instances not included above:
(a) After legal proceedings21452788358
(b) Voluntarily14227223860327047555
Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses:Nuisances, etc., found.Works completed.
Drainage:
Drains defective36765220129284212395376
,, obstructed33491142662483432398380
Waste pipes defective, etc.554448985330735406323
Rainwater pipes not disconnected22-12-741832
W.C.'s and flushing apparatus defective477712016036907718625596
Dampness (not due to defects shown elsewhere)58622188917117713327935890
Water: Supply cut off4-42-1282158
Dust Receptacles: Insufficient or defective717120018213521075931,0371,111
Miscellaneous:
Rooms, etc., dirty and/or verminous4172995563734045615092653,3833,031
Cases of overcrowding5163411774423
Yards, etc., not properly paved or drained383362112783611321493572
Roofs defective201171273198238315206571,6591,780
Rainwater pipes and gutters defective491031671402421468038965871
Public House Urinals requiring cleansing111412--62520
Other nuisances or defects4262941,8886761,0071,4451,1684587,3626,783
Defects found in Factories, Workshops, etc.:
Sanitary defects3-3813174-6653
W.C. accommodation, insufficient or unsuitable1-4221-3137
Overcrowding----------
Stables:
Manure receptacles defective, etc.2271031112720
Accumulations found-57610--43231
Re-housing: Number of families re-housed by—
1. Poplar Borough Council------9-9-
2. London County Council--1---25-26-
Number of visits by Assistants (not included above)2,6602,7834,5764,2273,3634,1523,7204825,529-

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No. of premises inspected as a result of reference from Survey Inspectors 1,046
Work done, or no action necessary 202
I ntimations served 844
Statutory Notices served 295
Final Notices served 89
Legal proceedings 4