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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 F
Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 3 | |
| 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 | 10 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 10 | |
| Other (Communications) | 4 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | ... | |
| In use at the end of the year | 21 | |
BAKEHOUSES.
Inspections.
The Bakehouses throughout the Borough were inspected at least
twice during the year.
There are 79 Bakehouses in the Borough of Poplar, 24 Poplar
(including 5 factory bakehouses), 32 Bromley (includng 14 factory
bakehouses), 23 Bow (including 4 factory bakehouses). See Table
A, page 83, number made up to end of year.
*
There are 21 underground bakehouses in the Borough, 1 Poplar,
10 Bromley, and 10 Bow.
Cleansing was necessary in the various bakehouses on 120 occasions.
Two other nuisances were found.