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Poplar 1933

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

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by an officer of the department. A fee of £5 5s. is paid for inspection
and the granting of certificates up to 70 with an additional is. 6d. for
each certificate in excess of that number. During the year go certificates
were issued.
Hairdressers' Premises.
The number of inspections of hairdressers' premises was 106.
Cleansing was necessary at 5 of the premises, and other nuisances found
numbered 14. 13 intimations, 3 statutory notices and 1 final notice
were served. The requirements of these documents were complied with.
In one instance a letter was sent to a proprietor calling attention to the
need for a sufficient supply of clean towels, etc., to be kept.
Canal Boats.
During the year only 3 inspections were made, as follows:—
"Westcliff"—not registered, nor liable to be registered under the
Canal Boats Acts.
''Warsaw''—registered Ware 75. Everything in order.
"Tyne"—registered Brentford 430. No contraventions of the
Acts, etc.
As mentioned in a previous report, very few vessels of the canal
boat type now ply on the canals in the borough.
Exhumations.
Under a Home Office Licence a body was exhumed in the Tower
Hamlets Cemetery and re-interred in another grave.
The District Sanitary Inspector was present to see that the terms of
the Licence were complied with.