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Poplar 1908

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

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Table: Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended December 31st, 1908:—

Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended December 31st, 1908:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, Ac., Number of on the Register5598103256
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein92161158411
„ Number of Inspections of109195173477
„ Number of Re-inspections of465952157
„ found to be overcrowded—1—1
„ &c., newly discovered and registered7161235
„ Workrooms therein measured11201647
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery614929
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed360101011062476
Written Intimations issued12171746
Statutory Notices56516
Works carried out under supervision:-
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided1—23
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed10201343
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired—2—2
Nuisances which came under notice during the Inspections:-
(d) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated and defective in water supply2338
(e) Miscellaneous591024
Overcrowding of Workrooms, cases of, abated—1—1
Visits re Scabies407450164
„ Outworkers' Lists442574143

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I am, Sir,
Yours obediently,
ALICE TATTERSALL.
Cert. Royal Sanitary Inst.