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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 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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Other Matters.
| Class. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 7 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 5 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 5 | |
| Other (Communications) | 13 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | ... | |
| In use at the end of the year | 20 | |
BAKEHOUSES.
Inspections.
The Bakehouses throughout the Borough were inspected at least
twice during the year.
There are 103 Bakehouses in the Borough of Poplar, 33 Poplar
(including 1 factory bakehouse), 44 Bromley (including 3 factory
bakehouses), 26 Bow (including 2 factory bakehouses), but at the date
of the last half-yearly inspection in September, 9 were disused in Poplar,
12 in Bromley, and 9 in Bow, so that there were in use 73 bakehouses,
24 Poplar, 32 Bromley, and 17 Bow. See Table A, page 122, number
made up to end of year.
There are 32 underground bakehouses in the Borough, 6 Poplar,
14 Bromley, and 12 Bow. At the Autumnal half-yearly inspection 12
were not in use—3 Poplar, 4 Bromley and 5 Bow.
Cleansing was necessary in the various bakehouses on 132 occasions.
Sixteen other nuisances were found.