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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H M. Inspect or. | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 364 | 364 | |||||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | ||||||
| Other nuisances | 275 | 275 | |||||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | 17 | 17 | |||||
| not separate for sexes | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100). | .. | ||||||
| Failure as regard lists of outworkers (S. 107) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (S. 108 | .. | .... | .. | |||
| infected (S. 110) | See p. 59, Ann. Rpt. | ||||||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small pox (S. 109) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other offences | .. | •• | .. | •• | |||
| Total | 674 | 674 | •• | •• | |||