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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1914

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

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Table: TABLE C.*See remarks in italics, page 175.Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers.1.—INSPECTION.

TABLE C.*See remarks in italics, page 175.Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers.1.—INSPECTION.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Intimation.Statutory.Final.
Factories91102......
(Including Factory Laundries.) Workshops†819†11111......
(Including Workshop Laundries.) Domestic Workshops‡189‡192......
Workplaces (Males)388192......
Domestic Workplaces (Males)745.........
Places where food is sold or prepared991¦|10151...
Homeworkers' Premises2,23910.........
Total4,79127522l...

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* Tables C, D, E .and F arc filled in at the request of the Secretary of State,
† Including Workshop Bakehouses. See Table A. page 178.
‡ Including Domestic Bakehouses and Laundries. See Table A, page 178.
|| The inspections of all factories where food is prepared are included. Power is
used to chop meat for sausages, etc., in 31 of the premises.

Table: 2.- DEFECTS FOUND*

2.- DEFECTS FOUND*

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Act:
Want of ventilation33
Overcrowding63
Want of drainage of floors......
Other nuisances329329
Sanitary accommodation.insufficient55
unsuitable or defective66
not separate for sexes......
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)
Brcach of special sanitary requirements for (bakehouses ss. 97 to 100)
Other offences(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Table D of this Report.)
Total925922
* These defects refer to premises as mentioned above under table of Inspection.