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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 1918

Annual report for the year 1918 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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Table: Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended 31 st December, 1918 ( Miss Alice Tattersall— Lady Inspector).

Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended 31 st December, 1918 ( Miss Alice Tattersall— Lady Inspector).

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c., Number of, on the Register285275155
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein4781104234
„ Number of Inspections of395779175
„ Number of Re-inspections of304759136
„ Found to be overcrowded—1—1
,, Insufficiently ventilated11—2
„ &c., newly discovered and registered—123
„ Workrooms therein measured—134
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery—123
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed2435519631,759
Written intimations issued9101130
Statutory Notices36817
Final Notices——11
Works carried out under supervision :—-
(a) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed—358
(b) Yards, roofs, &c., repaired2226
Sanitary Conveniences Constructed—10515
Overcrowding of Workrooms, cases of, abated—1—1
Visits re Scabies148244138530
„ Phthisis————
„ Outworkers' Lists31243590
„ Inspection of Schools2016945
,, Verminous School Children38401694
Miscellaneous Inspections625422138