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[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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Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ending December 31st, 1900.
Poplar. | Bromley. | |
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Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register | 63 | 89 |
,, Number of Workrooms therein | 141 | 196 |
,. Number of Inspections of | 168 | 223 |
,, Number of Re-inspections of | 275 | 350 |
,, found to be overcrowded | 5 | 8 |
,, Workrooms therein measured . | 41 | 75 |
,, Reported to H. M. Inspector on discovery | 42 | 67 |
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed (outworkers) | 262 | 376 |
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room _ | 45 | 80 |
Written Intimations issued | 52 | 59 |
Statutory notices | 27 | 24 |
Final notices | 4 | 1 |
Works carried out under supervision— (a) Additional means of ventilation provided | 3 | |
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 5o | 37 |
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 9 | 6 |
Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:— | ||
(e) Sanitay Conveniences, ill-lighted, unventilated, and defective in water supply ._ | 3 | 8 |
(f) Miscellaneous | 7 | 8 |
" Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 5 | 8 |
I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
ALICE TATTERSALL,
Assoc. Sanitary Inst.