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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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(c) Seamen's Lodging Houses. The Public Health Committee licensed the following four Seamen's Lodging Houses to 30th June, 1935:—
| Premises. | Licensee. | No. of Men. |
|---|---|---|
| 411, East India Dock Road, Poplar | The Rev. Samuel King (The National Sailors' Society) | 22 |
| The Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest, Jeremiah Street, Poplar | The Rev. Thomas Athey Emble-ton (The Seamen's Mission) | 115 |
| 75, Garford Street, Poplar | Arthur Pederson | 7 |
| 235, West Ferry Road, Poplar | Herbert Edward Barker (The British Sailors'Society) | 12 |
74 inspections of Seamen's Lodging Houses, including 9 night inspections,
were made in 1934.
Applications for licences for Seamen's Lodging Houses were received
regarding Nos. 48 and 56, Pennyfields. Both the applicants were Chinese.
They were interviewed by the Committee and informed of the works
required to be carried out before the premises could be registered. Both
applications were subsequently withdrawn.
The applicants were informed that under the Provisions of the Order
in Council they must not lodge seamen at their premises. One of these
men was subsequently summoned for letting lodgings to seamen and not
being licensed.
One person was subsequently summoned for unlawfully letting
lodgings to seamen not being licensed under Byelaws made by the London
County Council under section 214 Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. The
defendant pleaded ' 'guilty'' and the magistrate inflicted a penalty of £5
with £2 2s. costs.
During the year eight persons were officially warned that under an
Order in Council, dated 13th June, 1917, none but duly licensed persons
may let lodgings to seamen.