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Poplar 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar District - Bow District & Parish of St. Mary Stratford-le-Bow]

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reserved for the family residing on the premises has been made
available for the females.
The following is a tabulated statement of further details:—

Tabulated, statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, arc., duritig the year ending December31st,1900.

Bow.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register106
,, Number of Workrooms therein206
„ Number of Inspections of238
,, Number of Re-inspections of340
,, found to be overcrowded2
,, Workrooms therein measured60
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery68
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed (outworkers)203
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room62
Written Intimations issued56
Statutory notices24
Final notices3
Works carried out under supervision :—
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided1
(4) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed45
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired4
(d) Sanitary Conveniences constructed3
Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections :—
(e) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated, and defective in water supply8
(f) Miscellaneous8
" Overcrowding " of Workrooms, Cases of, abated2

I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
ALICE TATTERSALL,
Assoc. San. Inst,