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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inspected at night times at week ends and sometimes on Sunday
mornings.
In each place where sausages and brawn are made special attention
has been given. These places are conducted in a clean and careful
manner, and are regularly cleansed.
Several consignments of damaged wheat, rice, barley, etc., have been
received into the district from the "docks" to be made up into poultry
food. These have been watched through and dealt with.
The following is a list of food destroyed during the year :—
1 leg of pork,
1 lump of bacon,
1 box of plaice,
1 box of tomatoes,
2 sacks of potatoes,
1 barrel of herrings,
and many lots of damaged fruit in small quantities.
Factory and Workshops.
All those now on the register are regularly visited. "Notices"
for cleansing have been served and complied with as required.
No case of overcrowding or infectious disease in any workshop has
been found to exist.
Outworkers.
The premises where male outworkers live have been visited at
intervals. Changes of address have been noted and the registers altered
accordingly.
"Notices" to cleanse the rooms in some cases have been served and
attended to.
Bakehouses.
The occupied bakehouses now number 25 and these have been
regularly inspected during the year. The bi-annual cleansing has been
carried out satisfactorily and the places conducted in a cleanly manner,
everything at all times of visits being in order.