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Poplar 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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required by the Factory and Workshop Act, Section 107, which
resulted as follows: —
Shirt and blouse maker, fined 20s., costs 23s.
Tailor, fined 10s., costs 23s.
Tailor, fined 10s., costs 23s.
Tailor, summons withdrawn, costs 23s.
Underclothing maker, summons withdrawn, costs 23s.
The following is a tabulated statement of further details: —

Table: REPORT OF LADY INSPECTOR (Miss Tattersall).Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ended December 31st, 1904:—

REPORT OF LADY INSPECTOR (Miss Tattersall).

Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ended December 31st, 1904:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register659498257
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein108167145420
,, Number of Inspections of172262237671
,, Number of Re-inspections of5211667235
Workrooms, found to be overcrowded—6511
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered7131434
,, Workrooms therein measured9112343
„ Reported to H. M. Inspector on discovery5101530
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed2345094631206
Written Intimations issued11412375
Statutory notices1015732
Works carried out under supervision:—
(a) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed18492289
(J) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired37515
(c) Sanitary Conveniences constructed4—15
Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:—
(d) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, un-ventilated, and defective in water supply411520
(d) Miscellaneous1851740
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated—6511

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I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
ALICE TATTERSALL.
Associate Royal Sanitary Institute,