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Poplar 1934

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Table: Sanitary Inspectors Work, Etc.Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1934.

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Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1934.

			DISTRICT.								Totals. (District Inspectors.)	Survey Inspectors.*		Totals.
			No. 1.	No. 2.	No. 3.	No. 4.	No. 5.	No. 6.	No. 7.	No. 8.	Totals. (District Inspectors.)	Mr. G. L. Belshaw.	Mr. E. A. May.	Totals.
Number of Complaints received			409	357	814	549	596	832	462	590	4,609	275	180	5,064
Number of Inspections	Dwelling Houses	House-to-House	16	30	4	15	47	—	—	—	112	—	19	131
		On Complaint	655	341	824	499	634	811	469	391	4,624	275	180	5,079
		After Infectious Disease	167	118	186	215	394	211	146	199	1,636	—	—	1,636
	Factories, including Factory Laundries..		—	45	15	13	12	4	1	20	110	—	—	110
	Workshops, including Workshop Laundries		_	27	11	17	35	12	14	24	140	—	—	140
	Workplaces, other than outworkers		—	8	8	38	51	3	14	—	122	—	—	122
	Outworkers		5	—	_	1	1	—	_	_	7	_	_	7
	Stables		-	8	14	46	108	15	16	22	229	—	—	229
Smoke observations			—	1	4	4	24	7	10	6	56	—	—	56
Miscellaneous visits and inspections (including visits to Infec-tious Disease contacts, school inspections, etc.)			1,016	695	669	356	766	1,812	752	461	6,527	493	47	7,067
Re-inspections			2,701	1,997	2,925	2,151	2,779	1,683	3,479	2,219	19,934	1,158	750	21,842
Premises requiring amendment (a) Dwelling-houses			737	466	834	638	648	800	523	229	4,875	213	203	5,291
(b) Other premises			—	27	26	40	78	7	17	13	208	—	2	210
Service of Intimations, etc.
Intimations served			786	511	760	680	592	833	492	229	4,883	213	203	5,299
" complied with			368	221	439	518	517	431	202	200	2,896	159	139	3,194
Notices served			263	165	409	290	90	382	257	107	1,963	26	50	2,039
" complied with			199	180	149	270	97	322	119	90	1,426	35	51	1,512
Final Notices served			73	35	119	28	15	87	136	40	533	15	13	561
" complied with			58	26	105	55	8	112	128	36	528	15	9	552
summonses applied for			1	—	19	8	—	18	11	—	57	—	—	57
Work done, number of instances not included above:
(a) After legal proceedings			—	—	18	3	—	14	11	_	46	—	—	46
(b) Voluntarily			14	44	74	4	103	43	21	4	307	35	45	387
Defects, etc., pound in Dwelling Houses: Drainage:														Nuisances, etc., found.	Works completed.
Drains defective			102	52	73	54	165	32	23	6	507	6	3	516	551
" obstructed			19	25	99	31	73	29	69	8	353	4	1	358	348
Waste pipes defective, etc.			38	40	66	85	79	29	73	-	410	19	6	435	378
Rainwater pipes not disconnected			—	—	—	5	5	-	-	-	10	-	1	11	18
W.C.'s and flushing apparatus defective			62	53	148	127	74	74	72	_	610	31	25	666	591
Dampness (not due to defects shown elsewhere)			49	42	189	67	151	174	153	20	845	23	38	906	811
Water : Supply cut off			—	2	8	1	8	1	-	13	33	-	1	34	47
Dust Receptacles: Insufficient or defective			156	90	108	204	215	234	76	51	1,134	80	48	1,262	1,178
Miscellaneous :
Rooms, etc., dirty and/or verminous			322	175	674	426	472	509	762	332	3,672	152	78	3,902	3,575
Cases of overcrowding			1	9	9	1	15	7	1	10	53	-	3	56	31
Yards, etc., not properly paved or drained			37	29	94	104	85	29	131	20	529	7	31	567	546
Roofs defective			173	130	318	222	247	290	246	52	1,678	32	29	1,739	1,444
Rainwater pipes and gutters defective			64	90	176	91	211	116	122	48	918	47	25	990	841
Public House Urinals requiring cleansing			3	2	—	5	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	13	17
Other nuisances or defects			454	215	2,302	729	1,381	361	2,374	522	8,338	293	178	8,809	8,421
Defects found in Factories, Workshops, etc.: Sanitary defects			_	19	22	-	51	5	10	-	107	-	-	107	73
W.C. accommodation, insufficient or unsuitable			—	1	2	3	4	-	3	-	13	_	_	13	10
Overcrowding			—	-	—	—	-	—	-	—		—	—	-	-
Stables:
Manure receptacles defective, etc.			—	1	2	8	9	_	_	3	22	_	_	22	27
Accumulations found			-	1	-	5	11	2	—	5	24	—	—	24	23
Re-Housing: Number of families re-housed by—
1. Poplar Borough Council			-	-	2	—	—	_	_	_	2	_	_	2
2. London County Council			-	-	4	—	24	3	12	—	43	—	—	43
Number of visits by Assistants (not included above)			2,281	2,047	4,552	4,620	4,515	5,142	4,045	28	27,230	—	—	27,230

Table: Sanitary Inspectors' Work, Etc.Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspection during the year 1934.

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Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspection during the year 1934.

No. of premises inspected as a result of referenc lrvey Inspectors	621
Work done, or no action necessary	133
Intimations served	489
Statutory Notices served	129
Final Notices served	31
Legal proceedings	.. 1

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♦The two " Survey" Inspectors named were
deputed to follow up complaints, etc., in
certain districts in order to relieve the
District Inspectors. "Survey" work is
referred to elsewhere in this report.

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Table: Sanitary Inspectors Work, Etc.Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspections during the year 1934.

Table: Sanitary Inspectors' Work, Etc.Tabulated Statement of Inspections, Insanitary Conditions found existing, and Re-inspection during the year 1934.

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