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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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Milk.—Deficient in fat ito the extent of 6.6 per cent. Vendor
fined 20s. and 21s. cost.
Butter. — Contained 2.3 per cent. excess of water. Vendor
cautioned.
Milk Shops and Milk Sellers.
I have, by your instructions, made periodical inspections of the
premises where milk is stored and sold in the district with the object of
enforcing the regulations of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order
of 1885, as amended by the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Amending
Order of 1886, and the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, Section 5 (Milk Clauses), in respect to the sanitary condition of the
premises, cleanliness of the measures, counter pans, means of storage,
and prevention of contamination, especially from other articles kept
for sale in close proximity to where milk is kept.
Number of Milk Sellers registered 27
Number of Milk Sellers, change of ownership 1
Number of Milk Sellers, discontinued selling Milk 5
Number of Milk Sellers added to register 1
Overcrowding.
During the year six eases of overcrowding were dealt with: in
each case the nuisance was abated after service of an intimation followed
by a statutory notice, without recourse to legal proceedings.
Outworkers.
The premises where male outworkers live and work have been
inspected, no case of overcrowding discovered, premises were found to be
in a sanitary condition.
Coffee Houses, Restaurants, Private Hotels, Sausage Makers, Fried
Fish Shops, etc.
Periodical inspection has been made of these premises during the
past year; change of proprietorship, new premises opened and those
closed have been duly reported and noted in the register. At each