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Poplar 1906

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

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Table: TABLE A Table giving number of, and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, Places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughter-houses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, Registered Houses Let in Lodgings, and Homeworkers' premises.

TABLE A Table giving number of, and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, Places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughter-houses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, Registered Houses Let in Lodgings, and Homeworkers' premises.

Premises.On Register at end of year 1906.Number of Inspections.Number of Intimations.Number of Notices.Number of Final Notices.Number of Prosecutions.
Male.Female.Total.
Bakehouse, Factory2*..291......
Bakehouse, Workshop78†..78315651....
Bakehouse, Domestic Workshop27†..27150345....
Laundries, Factory..33..........
Laundries, Workshop3252883151....
Laundries, Domestic Workshop..19194562....
Workshops160231**39177473351..
Workshops, Domestic24396312221....
Workplaces197..19736232103..
Places where food is sold or prepared299‡..299‡999††1289....
Milk Premises360..360§177686....
Cowsheds15..15893......
Slaughterhouses19..19832......
Other offensive trade premises9..944........
Ice Cream premises139..139284206....
Registered houses-let-in-lodgings960..9602968*..45925..
Homeworkers' premises6410821146215621......

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* 94, High Street, Poplar, and 16, Bow Road; the two following—Spratt's Factory,
Morris Road, and the Far Famed Cake Company, are not included.
† Eight Bakehouses were disused at the date of the last inspection. See Annual
Report, page 120.
** Including 24 workshops where both men and women are employed.
‡ Power is used in 35 of these premises where sausages are made.
†† Including inspections of all factories where food is prepared.
§ Including 15 cowsheds.
* See Inspector's Report, pages 220 to 223.