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Poplar 1911

[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 ofRe-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended December31st, 1911:—

Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and ofRe-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended December31st, 1911:—

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c., Number of on the Register518892231
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein81145143369
„ Number of Inspections of78103123299
„ Number of Re-inspections of19324798
„ found to be overcrowded—2—2
„ &c., newly discovered and registered291526
,, Workrooms therein measured4153049
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery291223
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed1665155311212
Written Intimations issued13101942
Statutory Notices141318
Pinal Notices..1..1
Works carried out under supervision :— (a) Additional means of ventilation provided—134
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed..14112045
Overcrowding of Workrooms, cases of, abated--2—2
Visits re ScabieB3914255
„ Phthisis407313126
„ Outworkers' Lists29224293
,, Inspection of Schools1714738
„ Verminous School Children5055321001137

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