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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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SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AND COW-HOUSES.
Renewal of Licences.
Notice was received from the London County Council that a special
meeting would be held on October 24th at 2.30 p.m. to consider applications
for the granting and renewal of licenses in respect of cowhouses,
slaughterhouses, and knackers' yards, and that the London County
Council wished to be furnished, at least seven days before the hearing,
with a list of any applications to which the Poplar Borough Council
propose to object and the grounds of objection.
The slaughter-houses and cow-houses in the Borough were inspected
prior to the renewal of the licenses by the London County Council.
There are 12 slaughter-houses: 2 Poplar, 4 Bromley, and 6 Bow;
and 10 cow-houses: 1 Poplar, 4 Bromley, and 5 Bow.

Table: Slaughter-Houses.

Slaughter-Houses.

Division.Reg. No.Premises and Tenant.
East Combined233Bow Lane (west side), Henry Wickes and Sons.
East Combined24938, St. Leonard's Road, William Mace (Small Cattle only).*
Poplar South25248-50, West Ferry Road, John Faulcon-bridge.
Bromley North23418, Bow Road, Horace John Woollven.
Bromley North235138, Bow Road, J. Morgan Furze (Small cattle only).*
Bromley North239218, Devon's Road, Arthur Wm. Harvey.
Bow West248338, Roman Road, Annie Elizabeth Jarrett.
Bow West251114, Tredegar Road, Arthur Charles Tozer.
Bow West246258, Roman Road, William Henry Browne (Small cattle only).*
Bow West244241, Old Ford Road, George Newton (Pigs only).*
Bow West245220, Roman Road, Richard King.†
Bow West247288, Roman Road, Charles Valentine Applegate (Small cattle only).*

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* In the cases marked * the exact words of the endorsement are; "This licence is
granted on the undertaking of the licensee to kill small cattle (or pigs) only at these premises."
† This licence is granted on condition that the slaughtering of cattle on the premises
shall be limited to the requirements of the shop attached to the premises.