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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE C*
| Premises. | Inspections. | Number of | Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Notices. | |||||
| Intimation. | Statutory. | Final. | |||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 140 | 36 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Workshops† (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 580 | 108 | 23 | 3 | ... |
| Domestic Workshops‡ | 33 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| Workplaces (Males) | 265 | 36 | 9 | 1 | ... |
| Domestic Workplaces (Males) | 54 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared || | 814 | 131 | 14 | 1 | ... |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 1,741 | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 3,627 | 325 | 52 | 6 | ... |
* Tables C, D, E and F are filled in at the request of the Secretary of State,
† Including Workshop Bakehouses. See Table A, page 72.
‡ Including Domestic Bakehouses and laundries. See Table A, page 72.
||The inspections of all factories where food is prepared are included. Power is
used to chop meat for sausages, etc.. in 16 of the premises.
2.—DEFECTS FOUND*
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (31 | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 228 | 228 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | ... | ... | ||
| Other nuisances | 165 | 165 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation. | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 25 | 25 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | |||||
| Breach 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.) | |||||
| Total | |||||
| 426 | 426 | ... | |||
These defects refer'to premises as mentioned above under table of Inspection.
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