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Poplar 1913

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

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The following is a tabulated statement of further details:— Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended 31st December, 1913.

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c., Number of, on the Register479183221
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein69131120320
„ Number of Inspections of4978121248
„ Number of Re-inspections of24334198
„ found to be overcrowded——11
„ &c., newly discovered and registered281323
„ Workrooms therein measured—102535
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery271322
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed1464765141,136
Written intimations issued11121336
Statutory Notices55717
Final Notices————
Works carried out under supervision:— (a) Additional means of ventilation provided—112
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed1481234
Overcrowding of workrooms, cases of, abated————
Visits re Scabies456116122
„ Phthisis427025137
,, Outworkers' Lists27233888
„ Inspection of Schools1514837
„ Verminous School Children2798021731,254
Miscellaneous Inspections11301152

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