London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1931

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

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Table: Houses divided into separate Tenements, etc.

Houses divided into separate Tenements, etc.

Number of Houses on Register at end of 1930114
,, ,, removed from Register during 19312
112
,, ,, registered during 193136
,, ,, on Register at end of 1931148
House-to House visits for registration purposes484
Declarations, for information, sent out90
,, with information, returned79
Rooms measured, etc274
Houses registered36
Notices sent out, re above53
Inspections:
(a) Night inspection1
(b) First annual inspections59
(c) Other routine inspections205
(d) On complaints24
(e) On account of re-housing4
Re-inspections783
Miscellaneous visits, enquiries, etc.150
Number of Intimations served80
,, Notices served3
,, Notices complied with138
,, Final Notices served—
,, Notices served under L .C .C. Bye-laws8
,, rooms cleansed and freed from vermin13
Overcrowding, cases discovered17
,, ,, abated8
Mixed sleeping, cases discovered3
,, ,, abated1
Number of nuisances referred to District Inspectors:
(a) Defective or obstructed drains18
(b) Defective roofs, guttering, etc.25
(c) Miscellaneous59
Water supply in tenement houses (section 78, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907):
(a) Number of Intimations served—
(b) ,, Notices served1
(c) ,, Notices complied with1