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Poplar 1913

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

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Precautions to be adopted to prevent effluvium arising, and
the work not to be done in any place in which animals or poultry
are kept.
Means for securing personal cleanliness to be provided.
Vessels with closely fitting covers to be provided for garbage,
and to be kept clean.
Floors, walls and ceilings to be kept in repair and limewashed
four times a year.
Kilns for smoking or drying to be of proper fire proof materials
and fumes to be effectually conveyed away.
Impervious material for gutting surfaces to be provided.
Vats or tanks for salting, etc., to have impervious interior
surface. (These bye-laws were allowed by the Local Government
Board, 28th February, 1914).
Vendor of Fried Fish.
Similar provisions are made as in the case of a fish curer, and,
in addition baskets, etc., in an offensive condition which have
contained wet fish are not to be kept on the premises more than
24 hours; fish to be thoroughly gutted and cleansed before frying.
(These bye-laws were allowed by the Local Government Board 28th
February, 1914).
Rag and Bone Dealer.
No article intended for food to be in a place where sorting,
dusting or grinding of rags is carried on.
No bones, fat or rags collected from dust wharf, dust bin or
cart, or infected premises, to be brought on to premises, unless
acquired in ordinary course of business from a sanitary authority.
No rags, bones, rabbit skins, etc., to be stored in a room or
place unless such room or place is enclosed with walls of brick,
stone, concrete or other impervious material, so constructed as
to prevent the harbouring of vermin, and to have rain-proof
ceiling or roof.