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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following is a tabulated statement of further details:— Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ending December 31st, 1902.
| Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| „ Number of on the Register ... | 123 | 123 | 166 | 412 |
| „ Number of Workrooms therein | 212 | 249 | 228 | 689 |
| „ Number of Inspections of | 180 | 204 | 235 | 619 |
| Number of Re-inspections of | 76 | 123 | 164 | 363 |
| „ found to be overcrowded | — | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| „ &c., newly discovered and registered | 20 | 22 | 25 | 67 |
| „ Workrooms therein measured | 11 | 12 | 27 | 50 |
| Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 16 | 19 | 21 | 56 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 242 | 472 | 384 | 1098 |
| WritteD Intimations issued | 18 | 45 | 48 | 111 |
| Statutory notices | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 |
| works carried out under supervision:— | ||||
| («) Additional means of ventilation | ||||
| provided | 1 | — | 1 | |
| (b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 42 | 53 | 37 | 132 |
| (c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | — | 1 | 4 | |
| Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:— | ||||
| (c) Sanitary Conveniences, ill-lighted unventilated, and defective in water supply | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| (f) Miscellaneous | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| "Overcrowding" of Workrooms, cases of abated | — | 3 | 3 | 6 |
I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
ALICE TATTERSALL,
Assoc. Sanitary Inst.
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