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Poplar 1911

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

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Hairdressers' Shops.
The haircutting and shaving rooms have been periodically inspected,
the condition of the utensils used in the business being carefully noted.
Where cleansing was necessary intimations were served.
The workshops and domestic workshops, etc., have been periodically
inspected, only in a few instances it being found necessary to serve
intimations for cleansing.
The premises where ice creams are made have been frequently inspected
and the sanitary conditions found very satisfactory. The barrows and
utensils of itinerant vendors have been under constant supervision, no
cause for complaint being found.
The inspection of canal boats was without any particular incident
during the year.
I have by your instructions made periodical inspections of the
premises where milk is stored and sold in the district with the object of
enforcing the regulations of the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order
of 1885, as amended by the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Amending
Order of 1886, and the London County Council (General Powers) Act,
1908, Section 5 (Milk Clauses), in respect to the sanitary condition of the
premises, cleanliness of the measures, counter pans, means of storage,
and prevention of contamination, especially in respect to other articles
kept for sale in close proximity to where milk is kept.
Factory and Workshops Acts.
Ice Cream Manufacturers and Itinerant Vendors.
Canal Boats.
Milk Shops and Milk Sellers.
Number of Milk Sellers registered 36
Number of Milk Sellers, change of ownership 7
Number of Milk Sellers discontinued selling milk 3
Number of Milk Sellers added to Register 0
Overcrowding.
During the year 13 cases of overcrowding were dealt with; in