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Poplar 1913

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

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TABLE F. Other Matters.

Class. (1)Number. (2)
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)22
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...
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector19
Others9
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):—
Certificates granted during the year...
In use at the end of the year25

BAKEHOUSES.
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 2 factory bakehouses), 48 Bromley (including 2 factory
bakehouses), 27 Bow, but at the date of the Last half-yearly inspection
in September, 7 were disused in Poplar, 13 in Bromley and 4 in Bow,
so that there were in use 87 bakehouses, 29 Poplar, 35 Bromley and
23 Bow. See Table A, page 161, 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—3 Poplar, 5 Bromley and 2 Bow.
Cleansing was necessary in the various bakehouses on 126 occasions.
Four other nuisances were found.
Bakehouses marked with * are underground.
„ „ „ † Empty or not used as a bakehouse at date of
last inspection.