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Poplar 1922

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

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Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, <Ssc., during the twelve months ended 30th December, 1922 (Miss Alice Tattersall—Lady Inspector).

Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c., Number of, on the Register264764137
Workshops, Number of Workrooms therein437190204
„ Number of Inspections of5077107334
„ Number of Re-inspections of285877163
„ &c., newly discovered and registered47819
„ Workrooms therein measured28616
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery46616
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed2394621,0021,703
Written intimations issued5121936
Statutory Notices43815
Final NoticesI12
Works carried out under supervision :—
(a) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed10171542
(6) Yards, roofs, &c., repaired122i)
Additional means of ventilation provided123
Sanitary Conveniences Constructed11
Overcrowding of Workrooms, cases of, abated
Visits re Scabies415720118
„ Suspected infectious disease5414522221
„ Outworkers' Lists18244587
„ Inspection of Schools1714839
„ Verminous School Children19419822414
Miscellaneous Inspections36371992

Reports of Housing Inspectors. Summary, 1922.

Poplar.Bromley,Bow.Totals.
House-to-house Inspections224291294809
Be-inspections3,1534,1163,3331,0602
Number of Intimations served—
Public Health (London) Act4306153621,407
P.B.C. By-laws183231214628
L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, re verminous rooms329350175
Number of Notices served—
Public Health (London) Act11820599422
P.B.C. By-laws3611154201
For cleansing378017134
Number of Final Notices served—
For cleansing and other matters3610639181
Number of drains tested—
Chemical test201308268777
Smoke test15121138
Water test4213649227