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Poplar 1905

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

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The following is a tabulated statement of further details:—
REPOET OF LADY INSPECTOR (Miss Tattersall).

Table: Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ended December 31st, 1905:—

Tabulated statement of Inspections of insanitary conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the year ended December 31st, 1905:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bom.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register6410995268
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein..103184147434
,, Number of Inspections of170253258681
,, Number of Re-inspections of618953203
Workrooms, found to be overcrowded—5—5
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered15262768
,, Workrooms therein measured5282255
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery14182961
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed3216936371651
Written Intimations issued20361066
Statutory notices813728
Works carried out under supervision:—
(a) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed19321162
(b) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired—2—2
(c) Sanitary Conveniences constructed—1—1
Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:—
(d) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated, and defective in water supply19111141
(e) Miscellaneous815730
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated—5—5

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