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Poplar 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Council Houses.
At the request of the Special Housing Committee, the Lady Sanitary
Inspector visits twice a year the houses and flats owned by the Borough
Council, and a report of the conditions found is submitted for the
information of the Housing Committee.
HOUSES DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE TENEMENTS, ETC.
Report of Inspector—Year 1928.
| Houses registered | 95 |
| Notices sent out, re above | 130 |
| House-to-House visits for registration purposes | 253 |
| Rooms measured, etc. | 551 |
| Declarations, for information, sent out | 128 |
| ,, with information, returned | 101 |
| Inspections of registered houses | 152 |
| Re-inspections | 296 |
| Number of Intimations served | 57 |
| ,, Notices served | 16 |
| ,, Final Notices served | — |
| ,, drains repaired or reconstructed | — |
| Notices under L.C.C. Bye-laws served | 6 |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, complied with | 2 |
| Number of rooms cleansed | 40 |
| ,, ,, freed from vermin | 7 |
| Overcrowding, cases discovered | 5 |