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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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Mr . H. A. Pearce .
| No. of Inspections of: | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations. | Notices. | ||
| Stat. | Final. | |||
| Bakehouses— | ||||
| Factories | 149 | 52 | — | — |
| Workshops | 46 | 25 | 1 | — |
| Dom. Workshops | — | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 18 | 20 | — | — |
| Cowhouses | 29 | — | — | — |
| Milkshops | 234 | — | — | — |
| Restaurants and Eating Houses | 164 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers— | ||||
| Where power is used | 60 | 42 | — | — |
| Others | 213 | 107 | — | — |
| Stalls | 2,559 | — | — | — |
| Other places where Food is sold, etc.— | ||||
| Where power is used | 115 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Others | 335 | 2 | — | — |
| Ice Cream Premises— | ||||
| Where power is used | 41 | — | — | — |
| Others | 147 | 3 | — | — |
| Wharves, etc., where Food is prepared or stored, etc.:— | ||||
| Where power is used | — | — | — | — |
| Others | 2 | — | — | — |
| Markets— | ||||
| Morning | 195 | — | — | — |
| Evening | 75 | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 93 | |||
| Defects, etc., Found: | Total Defects, etc. | |||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to D.S.I. | ||
| 1. Nuisances under Public Health (London) Act— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 17 | 12 | 5 | |
| Other nuisances | 21 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2. Offences under Factory and Workshop Act | — | — | — | |