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Report of Lady Inspector (Miss Tattersall).
Public Health Department,
December 31st, 1907.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to present to you my eighth Annual Report, which deals
with the work done in factories, workshops and among outworkers
during 1907.
During the year ten notices have been served where the sanitary
accommodation was insufficient, unsuitable, or not separate for the sexes.
Ten new conveniences were erected and in six cases alterations were
made.
I have visited a number of houses from which children were excluded
from school when suffering from scabies or on account of their verminous
condition, and have had bedding disinfected and cleansing carried out.
The outworkers' lists have been inspected at the premises from which
work was given out, and 139 lists have been received from employers in
the Borough; 328 lists have been forwarded from other Boroughs,
containing the names of persons who live in Poplar; 267 lists have been
sent to other Councils, containing the names of persons who work for
employers in Poplar.
Four employers were prosecuted and three fined for not sending in
their lists as required. One summons was withdrawn on payment of
costs.
The following is a tabulated statement of further details:—