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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Remarks:
During the year the Inspector deputised for District Inspectors on
89 days, and in addition to this district work the Inspector made other
visits as follows:—
Enquiries on account of rehousing
Re-visits in connection therewith
565
261
Factory and Workshop 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 1932. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Intimations. | Number of Notices. | Number of Final Notices. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female | Total. | ||||||
| Bakehouses (Factories) | 53 | — | 53 | 225 | 108 | — | 1 | — |
| Bakehouses (Workshops) | 19 | — | 19 | 81 | 40 | — | — | — |
| Bakehouses (Domestic Workshops) | 3 | — | 3 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Factories (Laundries and Miscellaneous Factories) | 58 | 108 | 166 | 187 | 32 | 1 | — | — |
| Laundries (Workshops) | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Laundries (Domestic Workshops) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Workshops | 205 | 85 | 290 | 324 | 38 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Workshops (Domestic) | 16 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Workplaces | 365 | — | 365 | 509 | 77 | 5 | — | — |
| Workplaces (Domestic) | 47 | — | 47 | 53 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 819* | — | 819* | 1967 | 342 | 2 | — | — |
| Milk Premises | 107 | — | 107 | 365 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cowsheds | 3 | — | 3 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses (a) | 8 | — | 8 | 31 | 30 | — | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 5† | — | 5† | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream premises | 162‡ | — | 162‡ | 297 | 11 | 2 | — | — |
| Homeworkers' premises | 23 | 516 | 539 | 620 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
* Power is used in 87 of these premises.
‡ ,, ,,30 ,, ,,
(a) Includes three registered Slaughterers of Poultry,
† Registered by the London County Council.
(Lists of Slaughterhouses and other offensive trade premises are given
on page 33.)