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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Adelaide Buildings 2, Baffin Buildings 2, Grosvenor Buildings
55, Hudson Buildings 2, Melbourne Buildings 4, Montreal
Buildings 4, Ontario Buildings 4, Ottawa Buildings 4, Quebec
Buildings 4, Council Buildings 5, St. Lawrence Cottages, Norfolk
Street, 14, Sydney Buildings 4, Toronto Buildings 2, Winnipeg
Buildings 4.
Public House Urinals.
The public house urinals in the district have been frequently inspected,
and the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904,
strictly enforced (see tabulated list page 189).
Coffee Houses, Restaurants, Private Hotels, Sausage Makers, Fried
Fish Shops, etc.
Periodical inspections of these premises have been made during the
year and change of ownership, etc. duly reported and noted in register.
While inspecting these premises attention has been paid to the food
in preparation for cooking.
The premises have been cleansed where necessary and the conditions
generally were found to be very satisfactory.
Riverside Wharves where Food is Stored, etc.
There is only one wharf in my district, viz., Concordia Wharf, Cold
Harbour (Ramornie Meat Co.), where food (all tinned) is landed, some of
which is warehoused for various firms. The Ramornie Meat Co.'s
Consignments are examined by an expert examiner employed by the
firm before being sent out, either for home consumption or for exportation.
A large amount is purchased for the Mercantile Service, all of which is
again examined, specially labelled and passed by Board of Trade officials
before leaving the premises.
The following tinned foods were found, on examination by the
consignees, to be unfit for human consumption and rejected, being set
aside by the consignees in a separate building for the purpose of being
sent to a fat boiler in the district to be rendered down for fat, precaution
being taken to prevent the condemned food being used for any other
purpose:—