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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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Smallpox work:
| Contacts | Number visited | 10 |
| Premises visited | 6 | |
| House-to-House visits | 19 | |
| Revisits | 17 | |
Remarks:
Daring the year the Inspector deputised for District Inspectors and
was engaged on Smallpox work from time to time.
Rehousing enquiries for District Inspectors 3
Legal Proceedings 1
Factory and Workshops Acts.
Table A. Table giving number and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughterhouses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, and Homeworkers' premises.
| Premises. | On Register during year 1931. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Intimations. | Number of Notices. | Number of Final Notices. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | ||||||
| Bakehouses (Factories) | 51 | — | 51 | 208 | 102 | — | -— | — |
| Bakehouses (Workshops) | 19 | — | 19 | 87 | 42 | 1 | — | — |
| Bakehouses (Domestic Workshops) | 4 | -— | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | - | - |
| Factories (Laundries and Miscellaneous Factories) | 42 | 115 | 157 | 204 | 22 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Laundries (Workshops) | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| Laundries (Domestic Workshops) | - | - | - | - | - | — | ||
| Workshops | 195 | 107 | 302 | 360 | 31 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Workshops (Domestic) | 18 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Workplaces | 350 | — | 350 | 464 | 54 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Workplaces (Domestic) | 48 | — | 48 | 96 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 813* | — | 813* | 1842 | 387 | 11 | 3 | — |
| Milk Premises | 105 | — | 105 | 298 | — | — | — | — |
| Cowsheds | 3 | — | 3 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses (a) | 7 | — | 7 | 41 | 30 | — | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 4† | 4† | 7 | — | — | — | — | |
| Ice Cream premises | 132† | — | 132‡ | 262 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Homeworkers' premises | 44 | 554 | 598 | 764 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
* Power is used in 84 of these premises.
‡ ” ” 27 “ “
(a) Includes two registered Slaughterers of Poultry (12, Coborn Road, and
221, Roman Road).
† Registered by the London County Council.
Fur Skin Dressers, 2. Soap Boiler, 1. Fat Boiler, 1.