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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 1907

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

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Table: TABLE C.*See remarks in italics, pages 109 and 110. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers. I.—INSPECTI ON.

TABLE C.*See remarks in italics, pages 109 and 110. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers. I.—INSPECTI ON.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Intimation.Statutory.Final.
Factories3302530..
(Including Factory Laundries.) Workshopst1235†106473
(Including Workshop Laundries.) Domestic Workshops‡392‡298..
Workplaces (Males)43942213
Domestic Workplaces (Males)731041
Places where food is sold or prepared ||978||145241
Homeworkers' Premises2124257••
Total55713821418

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* Tables C, D, E and F are filled in at the request of the Secretary of State.
† Including Workshop Bakehouses. See Table A, page 111.
‡ Including Domestic Bakehouses and Laundries. See Table A, page 111.
|| The inspections of all factories where food is prepared are included. Power ia
used to chop meat far sausages, etc., in 39 of the premises.

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts .:
Want of cleanliness5895891
Want of ventilation1010
Overcrowding44
Want of drainage of floors....
Other nuisances260260
Sanitary accommodation.insufficient22
unsuitable or defective99
not separate for sexes44
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). Other offences
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Table d of this Report.)
Total8788781