Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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The butchers' premises and market stalls are inspected, sometimes
by day and sometimes by night.
In each place where sausages and brawn are made special attention
has been given. On each visit during the year the places have been found
in good order.
Several consignments of damaged wheat, rice, barley, etc., have been
received from the docks into my district to be made up into poultry food.
These have been watched throughout and dealt with.
The following is a list of food destroyed during the year: —
26 wings of roker.
One box of roker.
A consignment of onions.
A consignment of crabs (100).
3 baskets of pears, and numerous small lots of damaged fruit
have been dealt with in the market in a satisfactory
manner.
Factory and Workshops.
All those now on the register are regularly visited, and when
necessary cleansing notices are served, which are usually soon attended
to. No overcrowding in any workshop has been found to exist.
Outworkers.
The premises where male outworkers live have been visited, and
notices to cleanse the premises served where required.
Smoke Nuisances.
All observations of black smoke from the factory chimneys and
shafts in the district, notified by the London County Council and also my
own observations, have been dealt with.
It was not necessary to take any legal proceedings during the year.
Bakehouses.
The occupied bakehouses now number 20, and have been regularly
inspected during the year. The bi-annual cleansing has been carried out
satisfactorily, and they have all been measured up by the owners and