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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Bromley, South District comprising the parishes of All Saints Poplar and Bromley Saint Leonard]

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Table: Bromley, and at the beginning of the present year 95 of these premises were inspected, the remaining six not being in use.

Bromley, and at the beginning of the present year 95 of these premises were inspected, the remaining six not being in use.

IN USE.NOT IN USE.TOTAL.
Poplar.Bromley.Poplar.Bromley.Poplar. Bromley.
(1) Rear3133233336
Semi-underground320032
Underground81810918
Total4253334556

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Poplar. Bromley.
(2) Drains inside (trapped gullies) 9 10
(including (including
one iron D trap) one bell trap)
(3) Sinks inside (trapped) 2 2
(4) Water from main in occupied houses All All
except 1 except 2
The troughs were also examined, and in four instances the attention
of the bakers was called to the fact that these utensils required
cleansing. Intimations as to limewhiting, &c., were served by Mr.
Raymond.
The Factory and Workshops Act, 1895, came into operation
on the 1st day of January, 1896.
Section 27 (1) enacts that—Sections 34 and 35 of the Principal
Act shall apply to every bakehouse, and repeals so much of those
Sections as limits the operation to bakehouses in localities of more
than 5000 persons.
This Sub-section does not alter matters in Poplar and Bromley, as
these parishes have over 5000 people, and consequently have already
been subjected to all the provisions of Sections 34 and 35 of the
Principal Act relating to limewashing. painting, and washing of the