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Poplar 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE F.
Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factorv and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 12 | |
| Action taken in matters referred" by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 17 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 17 | |
| Other | 4 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | ||
| In use at the end of the year | 25 | |
BAKEHOUSES.
Inspections. Hours of Labour (Bakehouses) Bill.
Inspections.
The Bakehouses throughout the Borough were inspected at least
twice during the year.
There are 111 bakehouses in the Borough of Poplar, 36 Poplar
(including 1 factory bakehouse), 48 Bromley (including 2 factory
bakehouses), 27 Bow, but at the date of the last inspection 7 were
disused in Poplar, 13 in Bromley and 5 in Bow, so that there were in
use 86 bakehouses, 29 Poplar, 35 Bromley and 22 Bow. See Table A,
page 144, number made up to end of year.
There are 35 underground bakehouses in the Borough, 8 Poplar, 15,
Bromley and 12 Bow. At the Autumnal half-yearly inspection 10 were
not in use—2 Poplar, 5 Bromley and 3 Bow.
Cleansing was necessary in the various bakehouses on 160 occasions.
No other nuisances were found.
Bakehouses marked with * are underground.
,, „ „† Empty or not used as a bakehouse at date of
last inspection.